Exactly, if Alonso wants him to be continuously praised as a good coach, he needs to repeat the same thing he did in his first season at Bayern Leverkusen coaching them. At worst he should not be on the wrong side of the final result after the season. He is a respected coach more since he won the trophy without losing any match. He needs to continue that performance with them until he fully believe and make that impression to everyone that he can be the best coach everyone wants him to be and like other successful coaches and not just a lucky one as others might foresee it.
Alonso went down in the history of Bayer as the first coach who brought them the title of champions, no matter what happens next, he will be remembered and appreciated for this achievement. I see that Alonso is also preparing some good transfers, so he aims to defend the championship title, if he decided to stay in this team, then it is clear that he will try to develop this team. The time comes for the confrontation between young coaches, Alonso versus Kompany.
There's no doubt to the fact that you'll have to maintain a certain level of consistency for you to enjoy being addressed a top performer in long time but even if Spanish young manager Xabi Alonso fails to win any major trophy with Bayer Leverkusen next season I don't think there's ever gonna be a serious doubt about his managerial abilities. Guiding Bayer Leverkusen to become the first German team to go through an entire Bundesliga campaign without conceding a defeat isn't an easy feat and that's why Xabi Alonso will continue to be regarded as the best managers of his age in a very long time.
Next season, Bayer Leverkusen who played in the UEFA Europa League competition will be playing in a bigger European competition which will be more energy demanding than the Europa League. Again, retaining the Bundesliga title is a harder task than winning and for a league that has Bayern Munich that failed to win any major trophy in the just concluded season, it'll be extremely difficult for Bayer Leverkusen to repeat their achievements of last season in 2024/25 season. That been said, I strongly believe that Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen can still shock world football again by retaining the Bundesliga title