Xabi Alonso confirms Bayer Leverkusen exit before expected Real Madrid move

Xabi Alonso breaks the news of his departure in his Friday press conference. Photograph: Jörg Schüler/Bayer Leverkusen/Getty Images

Xabi Alonso will leave Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the Bundesliga season, with the expectation he will take on the imminently vacant seat at Real Madrid.

“We can let you know that this week the club and I, we have agreed that these two games are going to be my last two games as a Bayern Leverkusen coach,” Alonso told a Friday press conference. “We have been talking during this week that is always about the moment and now is the right moment to announce it.”