Xabi Alonso signs new Real Sociedad deal

Former Spain midfielder

Xabi Alonso

has signed a one-year extension to remain as youth team coach at

Real Sociedad

until summer 2022, the club said on Friday.


German newspaper Bild reported earlier this week that Alonso, who won the World Cup and two European Championship titles and was a Champions League winner at

Liverpool

and

Real Madrid

, was set to take over at Borussia Moenchengladbach next season.


Gladbach, 10th in the Bundesliga, have been looking for a new coach since announcing in February that current manager Marco Rose will join Borussia Dortmund this summer.

It now appears that the 39-year-old Alonso will remain in San Sebastian, where he has worked since 2019.