Money scores goals, Bayern always becomes champions? The sensational title of Xabi Alonso and Bayer Leverkusen calls into question some of the certainties of German football.
April 14, 2024, 7:57 p.m
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Note Xabi Alonso celebrates the championship title © Lars Baron/Getty Images
Bayern are always at the top. This seemed to be a law of nature, against which the Ten Commandments acted like a non-binding guide. Many in Germany saw it as tyranny. Then came Xabi Alonso, the savior. And suddenly Leverkusen fans run onto the BayArena pitch on a Sunday evening in April and celebrate their first German championship.
In his first full season, Alonso left Bayern behind, trailing behind more than ever since the introduction of the three-point rule. He does it all with a smile, the humble global star. He doesn’t even go to the bigger, richer club, as the market mechanisms supposedly provide.
