BREAKING NEWS: Potential Arsenal lineup next season under Xabi Alonso as head coach as Club makes final decision to sack Mikel Arteta if he fails to deliver silverware this season
Xabi Alonso says he will not be leaving Real Sociedad to take up a coaching role at either Arsenal or Manchester City.
The former midfielder has been linked with a backroom position at both clubs, with good friend Mikel Arteta thought to be the outright favourite to become the new Gunners head coach.
If Arteta was to leave City, reports claimed Pep Guardiola would also be interested in appointing Alonso as a replacement.
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But Alonso, who is currently making his first strides in management after taking over at Real Sociedad B in the summer, reiterated his desire to stay in Spain.
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“No. I’m here at ease, my head is only here,” he told Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo.
“I have no other thoughts. No proposal has come to me and I am where I want to be. I’m very happy. After finishing my career as a player, being able to start another one and return to Donostia [San Sebastian], to my club, seeing how things are being done, is a pleasure.
“Things are going well. I’m just starting, I’m enjoying it and it’s serving me well. When the club and I decided to work here, everything made sense. Over time you reaffirm that it was a good decision.
“I have fitted in with the players since arriving and I am working to acquire knowledge, experiences, getting it right, making mistakes, correcting and then gradually finding the way.”
