Bayer Leverkusen have announced that their Head coach Xabi Alonso will leave the club at the end of the season.

The announcement was made amid reports that he could succeed Carlo Ancelotti at Real Madrid.

The 43-year-old led Leverkusen to the double of a Bundesliga title without losing a game.

He also won the German Cup in his first full season as a senior club manager.

"This week the club and I have agreed that these two games are going to be my last as Bayer Leverkusen coach," Alonso said on Friday.

"It is not a moment to talk too much about the future because we want to have a proper farewell on Sunday here for some players, for myself, and it is the right moment to announce it.

"We have to enjoy this moment with mixed emotions. It is emotional, I spoke this morning with the players, the staff, so many people who have helped me during an unbelievable, fantastic three years.

"Now is a moment to share it with the fans in this stadium where I have lived great emotions and become what I am right now."

Leverkusen, who relinquished their Bundesliga title to Bayern Munich last weekend, host Borussia Dortmund on Sunday before concluding the season at Mainz on 17 May.

Alonso played for Real between 2009 and 2014 following a five-year spell at Liverpool, before ending his playing career after three years at Bayern Munich in 2017.

ASA