Quote from: ThemePen on Today at 12:08:51 AM

I think Xabi Alonso is making good decisions to improve his team before difficult games. He has to be careful about who he chooses because Leverkusen does not have a lot of money. Even though he has done well with Leverkusen I am also worry that they do not have as much money as big clubs like Bayern Munich. But I still believe in Alonso ability to succeed despite these challenges. He is a smart coach who can get best out of his players and that will help Leverkusen compete with the bigger teams. I think he will find ways to overcome financial limitations and lead his team to victory.

Alonso was able to develop his squad well this season after selecting players who were very appropriate and in line with the needs of their team, so that they were able to compete with other stronger teams in both the Bundesliga and European leagues, if we look at the players in the Leverkusen squad this season, the majority come from their academy so it is not difficult for Alonso to create good chemistry between these players, In my opinion, in overcoming the financial limitations currently faced, of course recruiting academy players could still be one of the right solutions for Leverkusen to do again next season.

Quote from: rendravolt on Today at 07:08:06 AM

The financial differences between Leverkusen and Bayern Munich were proven last season and this fact should still be able to continue Leverkusen's success next season. I think as long as a team can adapt to its competitors who have certainly made improvements then they won't feel left behind either.

Besides, what can we expect from Bayern Munich with coach Vincent Kompany? Isn't that an advantage for Leverkusen because they still have Xabi Alonso and are clearly better than the Bayern Munich coach. If only Xabi Alonso agreed to join Bayern Munich, it is possible that Leverkusen would no longer be equal or even be able to defend their title again.

Since Bayern Munich recruited Kompany as their coach this season, we seem to underestimate Kompany even though we haven't seen what he will do next season with Munich, Kompany failure to handle Burnley should not be a reference for us to underestimate him because of the lack of quality of the Burnley squad in premier league, but wouldn't he get the opposite at Bayern Munich now? Apart from that, didn't Alonso, who was recruited by Leverkusen previously, have no experience of coaching a big team and we know that Leverkusen was the first senior team coached by Alonso in his coaching career, then why do we say Alonso was better than Kompany when Kompany got his first big club today?