MOSCOW, Oct 5 Former Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso appointed head coach coach Leverkusen «Bayer», reported on the website of the German team. On Wednesday, the club announced the resignation of the Swiss Gerardo Seoane the day after the home defeat in the third round match of the Champions League group stage against the Portuguese «Port» (0:2). The contract with the 40-year-old Spaniard is designed for two seasons, he will work as head coach for the first time. Bayer in the German championship table is penultimate, 17th, with 5 points in eight matches. In the Champions League, the club with 3 points in three matches is on the third line of its quartet. Alonso, being a player, played for the Spanish Real Sociedad, Eibar, Real Madrid, as well as for the English Liverpool and Bayern Munich. With Liverpool and Real Madrid, he won the Champions League once. Together with the Spanish national team, Alonso became the world champion and two-time European champion.
