'THE WHOLE CLUB believes in Xabi Alonso!' - Jurgen Klinsmann on Bundesliga LEADERS 👀

'THE WHOLE CLUB believes in Xabi Alonso!' - Jurgen Klinsmann on Bundesliga LEADERS 👀 | ESPN FC

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Jurgen Klinsmann, Craig Burley and Shaka Hislop join Dan Thomas on ESPN FC to discuss Xabi Alonso's success with Bayer Leverkusen and his decision to stay with the club instead of taking over at Liverpool. Then, they discuss Bayern Munich's woes and preview their matchup vs. Arsenal in UEFA Champions League play
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@ruwiki Ай бұрын

massive respect to Xabi Alonso to stay for one more season to ennoble his formed team

@ErLeuchten Ай бұрын

iam also happy, not only because it is an act of sportsmanship, which became rare in professional football/soccer, also because that means the club owners guaranteed Alonso a certain budget to keep certain players. i think otherwise he wouldnt have signed it. which is also a rare thing in german league. Munich usually grabs key players from uprising league competitors using their financial power. i dont think they are gonna be able to grab for example a Wirtz this time :)

@RM360CR 18 күн бұрын

And bayern will try to dismantle the team by buying its player to make it once again a one team league so they can win 10 more consecutive tiles. 5 years in a row is already too much and is an indication of a poor competitive league who wants to watch that not me,,,,

@k.b.6210 Ай бұрын

Why would he go to Bayern if he can win the bundesliga with Leverkusen 😂😂..... it's not really a challenge

@user-kq9vv5tj1u Ай бұрын

Champions league and he played for bayern too.

@gmae5342 Ай бұрын

@@user-kq9vv5tj1uif he had went to Hollywood fc and didn’t do well, his career is effectively over. He made the right decision to stick with the team that he knows and to try out his first season in the ucl

@user-kq9vv5tj1u Ай бұрын

@@gmae5342 what?

@BaneleDlomo-ff8iv Ай бұрын

He'll go to barca .....😢 mark this comment....

@theprocessss Ай бұрын

Ever heard of a 1 season wonder? He’s gonna stay at Leverkusen but he’ll regret forever. They regress to the mean

@LelouchLothric Ай бұрын

Ancelotti signs a 1 year extension and Xabi follows suit. Real Madrid is Xabi's true dream club and everyone knows it, that is why he signed a 1 year extension

@jamavra Ай бұрын

What if he extends til 2026

@wolfganghirte5468 Ай бұрын

He has not extended. He has a contract until 2026 with an exit clause.

@ektran4205 27 күн бұрын

xabi has a 5 year contract with bayer

@galactico7194 Ай бұрын

You have to admit that for people who didn’t watch Bundesliga, Alonso has got a lot of people hooked to it with the kind of football they play. Glad he’s gonna stay there, and hopefully bundesliga is 🔥 next season too!! Can’t wait to watch them in CL next season and at Bernabeu in 2025 ! Go Neverlusen!

@garnetwright9633 Ай бұрын

Fact ✔️

@jromero1775 Ай бұрын

Bayer leverkusen have always had a good team, they just needed the right coach... I remember when they had arranguiz, havertz, bellarabi, and Leon bailey🔥

@isthatmysatay Ай бұрын

That would be on their owners.....if they want to win or just survive

@davinnicode Ай бұрын

This! You could always sense that they only needed the right manager to flourish. Scouting and youth development has been one of the best in Germany and probably in Europe. Berbatov, Ballack, Lucio, Schneider, Schuster, Völler and many more to add to that list of players…

@deanVodkahouse Ай бұрын

@@davinnicode agreed, they've had so many top players over the years but done more than challenge for fouth spot in the CL so this so great to see and it makes me wonder how many more clubs around Europe just need a coach like Alonso who can guide them to the title

@FrederickJohnSebastian Ай бұрын

@davinnicode you beat me to it. That team made champions league final only undone by Zidane led Madrid. Great football team playing attractive football

@manuelesoto23 Ай бұрын

Im surprised German second division has such good attendance numbers. I wonder if they should expand Bundesliga.

@sidleerling6206 Ай бұрын

You shouldn't be surprised because a lot of 2. Bundesliga clubs like Hamburg, Kaiserslautern, Nürnberg, Schalke, Düsseldorf, Hertha Berlin are historically one of the biggest clubs in Germany and have had tremendous domestic and European success back in the day. That is why they have a lot of average attendance

@otaviofrn_adv 28 күн бұрын

I don't see it as a surprise... Germany has very decent ticket prizes, the fans are passionate, the Budesliga has an average of over 40k. Expansion is a no-no

@Karimzkr Ай бұрын

I don't blame Xabi Alonso at all. He's still very young and learning. His Bayer Leverkusen team is just getting started, would not be surprised if they became a dynasty in Germany, especially given Bayern's decline these past few years.

@jascha2765 Ай бұрын

Build a Dynasty? Bayern will buy their best Players as they always did with Teams who came to close to them.. First it was Leverkusen back in 2002 then Bremen, after that it was Dortmund in 2013 and it wont change in the Future

@isthatmysatay Ай бұрын

You do realise that Bayer is before BL 50+1......Bayer is rich af but flirted with relegation. Their ambition to win trophy is questionable. Bayern Munich is hated because they keep buying their players by milking other BL clubs that came close to dethroned them. Bayern will strip Bayer dry...because their key players will want to move while their star is on a high

@Fitna.United Ай бұрын

ah so if you can Winn trophies and become legend u choose to go to Munich? Bruv Munich isn't the top spot anymore. Leverkusen can do stuff and people just rubbing eyes. Munich player wears strange shoes next Sunday the media is talking about the shoes....@@jascha2765

@davinnicode Ай бұрын

@@isthatmysatayBayer the corporation is one of the biggest in Germany but their own sport club doesn’t have endless funds. The financing has always been quite reasonable compared to Wolfsburg which simply is a club where they burn money lol. It‘s great to see Bayer shine since they are responsible for a lot of German sport talents, especially in track & field. The club has also always been a club that wanted to play asthetically pleasing football by taking risks with unusual manager hires and deep scouting knowledge about South America.

@davinnicode Ай бұрын

⁠@@jascha2765Yeah. Unfortunately, that will probably be the case. Last real dinasty, not taking Dortmund and Bremen into account, probably was HsV Hamburg in the 80s and Gladbach in the 70s. These teams could compete eye to eye with Bayern

@samwelltarly8265 Ай бұрын

2nd Bundesliga is fire 🔥

@MrKaravaj Ай бұрын

If Leverkusen fails this it will be the biggest bottling in history of sports. But Kane curse is real so they will win it

@E-Rock01 Ай бұрын

They can’t fail. Only need 9 points with more games than that left.

@isthatmysatay Ай бұрын

@@E-Rock01op probably meant next season when the new manager bounce wear off

@kuku5008 Ай бұрын

@@isthatmysatay new manager bounce lasts for 2-3 months max 6 not 18 he definitely meant the bottle for this season

@danieljones1905 Ай бұрын

Without Kane Bayern are closer to relegation than top 4, Kane has been one of the best players they have ever had in one of the worst team they ever had.

@vaibhavpatil6488 Ай бұрын

Bayern and Arsenal aren't comparable in UCL. Let's get this straight. Bayern is favorite and it'd be huge if Arsenal go through.

@UnknownUser_10 Ай бұрын

At this point Arsenal needs to go through. If they lose against this Bayern with their current squad I‘m convinced they will never reach an ucl semi for the rest of time.

@AB-gb6zz Ай бұрын

@@UnknownUser_10 what a clueless comment

@scientiaestpotentia2007 Ай бұрын

The difference in the levels of the defences of both teams is shocking.

@philosophiker3025 Ай бұрын

Sorry - arsenal is in top Position against munich - Frustration, demoralized players cause öf a Bad season, cause of a Bad, nacistic Manager. But who knows may be the players Start to fight, as hard as they can - for the cl and the next season.

@ektran4205 27 күн бұрын

bayer'n roster is aging out

@rafayatulalamrifat6057 Ай бұрын

"If Kim is having a bad season, that is still better than Eric Diers best season" 😂 - We missed you Legend Craig Burley 😆

@joaobaptista8377 Ай бұрын

Treble Remember the last time what happend when Leverkusen had a chance of a treble in idk 2002

@tamnadvardis7039 Ай бұрын

Saarbrucken fc lost to kaiserslauten yesterday am hate

@jedidiahe320 29 күн бұрын

Just wait for next season and judge

@peacefulliberal5641 Ай бұрын

Bundesliga-Best league in the world!

@winebuyah Ай бұрын

wow & yet another overconfident, arrogant delusional German... the same obnoxious, arrogant team wins every season... clearly not even close to the best league.

@peacefulliberal5641 Ай бұрын

@@winebuyah Here we go, another fake league lawyer in the comment section.

@winebuyah Ай бұрын

@@peacefulliberal5641 facts... delusional folks struggle with them.

@daconnoisseurrex1752 Ай бұрын

Top 5 league for sure

@k.b.6210 Ай бұрын

Wrong spelling.... it's Xabi not Xavi 😜

@tomodul2619 Ай бұрын

Is the pronunciation the same? Because in some languages b and v could have the same sound.

@k.b.6210 Ай бұрын

It's not the same......it was a joke btw

@gonpow Ай бұрын

Definitely different one has a team one has a team of midfielders

@joonajoona Ай бұрын

I always thought Xabi would stay

@ThichNhatHanh23 Ай бұрын

Whats does these odds mean?

@siphelogcememe2277 Ай бұрын

Xabi ain't goin' to Bayern mate 😂😂😂😂🙃

@syedhasan2017 Ай бұрын

The problem with Leverkusen is that as soon as he wins Bundesliga, starting next season big teams will descend and gut his team of top players. Xabi in all probability will restart from scratch again.

@UnknownUser_10 Ай бұрын

All have longterm contracts, just Frimpong has a release clause

@syedhasan2017 Ай бұрын

@@UnknownUser_10 You can never trust anything in football. Time & again big clubs have swooped in with mega offers and taken away players. Contracts don't mean much nowadays sadly.

@UnknownUser_10 Ай бұрын

@@syedhasan2017 Well, that’s true, but Wirtz already confirmed he will stay and honestly, the key players that cane last summer will not leave after one season, I‘m sure, especially when they win couple of trophies. For the other stars I just hope they stay, I think they could do very well in the Champions League.

@lliryk2943 Ай бұрын

The fact Alonso is staying in Leverkusen will help the club massively, tho. Players like Grimaldo, Xhaka, Tah etc might stay at the club for another season purely cause they wanna work with him again. Even if Leverkusen loses some key-players now, they gonna attract new players - thanks to Xabi Alonso staying there for now.

@xxklesx1 Ай бұрын

@@syedhasan2017But bayer isnt a normal club. They dont have to sell players to survive because they owned by a big company.

@user-wm8bi1uc8p Ай бұрын

Liverpool should go for someone already proven like Unai Emery or De Zerbi or Terzic from Dortmund.

@tomodul2619 Ай бұрын

They should go for Diego Simone. The most tested coach out there who might want to upgrade his cv.

@Karimzkr Ай бұрын

@@tomodul2619 Simeone is a legend, but he would not fit well with Liverpool at all, especially tactically.

@vayunandan3028 Ай бұрын

De Zerbi is not proven. I think he will not fit well

@Delboy0 Ай бұрын

Una Emery is probably the most proven candidate, but does play the high press style of Klopp. To be honest there aren’t many good new candidates because the old coaches have been dominating the trophies.

@user-wm8bi1uc8p Ай бұрын

@@Delboy0 My personal choice will be Nagelsman. But not sure if he's interested.

@gonpow Ай бұрын

He should wait for real madrid hes good where he is can win where he is

@Nash9r Ай бұрын

Elon Musk: “The most entertaining outcome is the most likely.” So Mourinho to Bayern :)

@DerPuddingmitderEcke Ай бұрын

Who tf signed Klinsmann as expert

@TheWhisperCorner Ай бұрын

ESPN

@peoplelikefrank Ай бұрын

Good choice.

@DerPuddingmitderEcke Ай бұрын

Only if u didnt know anything about football

@TopFearless Ай бұрын

@@DerPuddingmitderEckenah Klinsmann is an OG

@user-zx9ue8gv9f Ай бұрын

Did u know that clubs sell their games😮😮😮

@cafl9844 Ай бұрын

It will not go well for Leverkusen next season ! It's allways happens to surprise teams !

@galactico7194 Ай бұрын

They are not a one season wonder(hopefully). But since Xabi took over when they were hanging around relegation places, from there he has constantly taken them upwards, add to it their management and scouting have been great.

@awishwagen5378 Ай бұрын

Premiere league this year's champions faith depends on Tottenham and Man utd.. 😅

@mauromatos3124 Ай бұрын

I mean, the dude might win them the title. If they don't believe in him, they should have their heads checked.

@fr0ntend 24 күн бұрын

He's not going to bayern lol, he is staying in leverkusen a few years then moving to premier league until real madrid snatches him

@no-dg2vl Ай бұрын

Some people claim Klinsmann is an expert and not a Dudelsack

@deanVodkahouse Ай бұрын

Nice to have Klingsmann on to give the Bundesliga view on it as I'm sick and tired of English media outlets like Sky and Talksport and the likes of BEIN sports who I believe broadcast from the far east with Keys, they are calling Alono out as a bottle job and that he likes of ambition, this seriously is a joke and it simply shows their premier league bias and how completely ignorant they are. I'm English and we talk like we are the centre of football on this little island and another thing we don't tend to like Americians who are a little to up themselves and arrogant but we English are exactly the same regarding the Premier Leauge where it's treated like how the Yanks treat the NBA and that all other leagues are just not worth it and 2 nd rate

@countincrows78 Ай бұрын

Hey Dan. That suit you're wearing, like is a circus ringmaster your second job mate?

@anikapriyam3594 Ай бұрын

Is Spurs fans watching this closely … if he can break the Neverkusen curse…Levy must get him next season 😂

@E-Rock01 Ай бұрын

I honestly hope and can see Bayern pummeling arsenal in the champions league. Arsenal have 0 experience in big games like that outside of England and have been for decades now. Would love to see Real Madrid vs Bayern semifinal and a winner from those 2 clubs.

@patrickboadu6172 Ай бұрын

Have to agree with you. Actually it's surprising to me how most people seem to assume that Arsenal is the favourite. I don't see them winnig a return leg in Munich, in April, at all.

@E-Rock01 Ай бұрын

@@patrickboadu6172 100000% couldn’t agree more, Porto was a tick away from eliminating them lol.

@gmae5342 Ай бұрын

Some people don’t realize how big the ucl is. Arsenal was beating teams 5-0, 6-0, 5-1, etc. in the league and then the Porto game happened. Yes Bayern have their own problems, but inexperienced teams don’t beat historic sides like Bayern often

@patrickboadu6172 Ай бұрын

@@E-Rock01 hey thats what I tried to say. I feel people are not realistic, if they think Arsenal is a serious threat to Bayern in this match up. And the Porto tie made this all the more obvious

@wokeaf1337 Ай бұрын

Bayern wont win anything starting with Sane and Goretzka...my god those are some alibi players.

@PharmacyAve Ай бұрын

Next Real Madrid coach

@Dante--X Ай бұрын

Alonso is such a genius dodging the bullet with Liverpool.. that's a whole level of genius i must say Why downgrade to a club on a homecoming to mid-table once Klopp leaves when you can build a dynasty at Leverkusen 👏🙌

@jascha2765 Ай бұрын

Leverkusen will never be able to build a dynasty... sooner or later Bayern will buy their best Players as they always did. First it was Leverkusen, Bremen, Dortmund and it wont change in the Future

@Karimzkr Ай бұрын

The job is incredibly attractive, what are you talking about? Klopp rebuilt Liverpool's entire midfield last year and Liverpool have so many young players in the team right now. Plus they just resigned Michael Edwards and a new sporting director.

@4thGenna. Ай бұрын

That's not it but see, only because you can only banter, you never speak with common sense. The thing is, this is Alonso's first job and he's about to win the league so therefore, make the UCL, so it's best to stay with Leverkusen and see what he can do with the team that he took to the CL, and get CL experience with Leverkusen, and then go from there. Eventually he'll go to Liverpool or Madrid

@user-sz2ut4od6s Ай бұрын

The problem with your point is that, historically, Bayern is a giant club, and they don’t stay in the doldrums for long. They have too much money and behind the scenes clout to stay down for long. Look at Leicester’s miracle run to a Premier League title. They also had a world class coach in Claudio Ranieri, but they couldn’t repeat that success. Alonso’s big test if he wins the title, is to replicate it the next year. I am a huge fan of Xabi, by the way.

@alonzor.2912 Ай бұрын

@@4thGenna.but Liverpool will be making the champions league next season as well…why not upgrade your roster from Leverkusen to Liverpool. You mean to tell me he wouldn’t want the likes of Salah, Jota and vanDijk?

@tamnadvardis7039 Ай бұрын

Am sure graig is now the spoke person for arsenal what does he see from them to be honest arsenal don't have anything going forward against top opponents bayern munich will beat them

@HelloFellowYoutubers Ай бұрын

Bayer beats Bayern finally.

@ezraezra2928 Ай бұрын

The Champions League is only open for the European pedigrees. The likes of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Juventus, Milan, and Ajax have this thing. Same for Liverpool and Manchester United. Arsenal, Manchester City, and even Paris Saint Germain were in a different planet with lack of European success, so I think those 3 will get knocked out in this year's quarter final. The Final will be El Clasico, and both Perez and Laporta will made an apologizes that they had ruined the football with the Super League 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Sabet-Goat Ай бұрын

Real Madrid is going to knock out Man City and disappoint Messi fans as well.

@MrKaravaj Ай бұрын

No prob we have world cup

@jorgehoek8486 Ай бұрын

Bayern will thump Madrid

@cro2616 Ай бұрын

Cry me a river penaldo

@trojantony195 Ай бұрын

They believe in him but will sell all the key players in the summer and sack him mid next season 😂

@alonzor.2912 Ай бұрын

This guy gets it

@W0llex Ай бұрын

Lul, Leverkusen is Rich, only Player who can leave is frimpong cause of his contract. Wirtz Made it clear eh will stay But yeah Dream on.

@jagadeesh777 Ай бұрын

Jose mourinho's first full season at Porto 2002-03: First league title and European treble. second season 2003-04 wins Leage and UCL. Xabi can do the same or even better being unbeaten and treble in second season as well.

@CertoCerto244 28 күн бұрын

Worst coach ever in history is now a pundit for espn 😂

@jordantj6083 Ай бұрын

WERSELF!!!

@davidkang7899 Ай бұрын

How can Klinsmann discuss Xavi Alonso’s success as a manager 🤯🤯? Klinsmann was indeed a legendary footballer but he is not qualified to discuss coaching or managing the team😩 look at how the Korean national team ended up with Klinsmann as the manager…

@darthmakaveli Ай бұрын

By your metric, almost nobody would be allowed to discuss Xabi Alonso's success as a manager. Certainly nobody sitting there, so why pick out Klinsmann?

@mathemen3011 Ай бұрын

Did you watch the WC 2006. Maybe you were not born yet in 2006?

@carfinusa6557 Ай бұрын

Jorgen Looossseeerrr

@obioraokoye4377 Ай бұрын

The gates of Paris are waiting for your presence. The terms of the contract will be totally up to you!! And the conditions in the club is more than pleasant!!!

@AzulaNoSurname__16 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@ErikTenHag789 Ай бұрын

No one wants to join that small club 😂😂

@Dante--X Ай бұрын

This guy is a comedian just like his club 😂😂😂

@obioraokoye4377 Ай бұрын

@@ErikTenHag789 Bro, you of all people can't say anything. You literally have one of the best managers at leaving all their good coaching styles at one club and can't cope with a tougher league. Your club is more finished than Chelsea and Barca combined🤣🤣🤣

@ViscaBarcelonayProCatalu-io6zn Ай бұрын

🙃🙃

@Dante--X Ай бұрын

As long as VAR is there, Liverpool will be fine 👍

@obioraokoye4377 Ай бұрын

Liverpool got robbed against Spurs andam City. Please refer back to proper prior incidents before embarrassing yourself. 🤣🤣

@Dante--X Ай бұрын

@@obioraokoye4377shushhh 🤫Forest and Villa bigger 😂

@obioraokoye4377 Ай бұрын

@@Dante--X 🤬🤬🤬🤬