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28th Sep 2014

Infograph: Two reasons why Real Madrid really shouldn’t have sold Xabi Alonso this summer

At 32, he's still one of the world's best midfielders.

Tony Cuddihy

At 32, he’s still one of the world’s best midfielders.

We’re still not over the fact that Xabi Alonso decided on Bayern Munich over a return to the Premier League this summer, and his stats for the German champions are every bit as good as you’d expect.

Bayern beat Cologne thanks to a Mario Gotze strike and an own goal from Daniel Halsen, but it was the former Liverpool man that bossed the game.