The doors of football history have opened to welcome a new member: Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen. The aspirin team had to wait 120 years to be the best team in Germany. The wait has been long, although it has been worth it thanks to the party that has been going on in the streets of the city since last Sunday after the defeat of the Werder Bremen (5-0). All the spotlights point to the figure of Xabi Alonso as being largely responsible for the metamorphosis that the club has experienced. He accepted the challenge of taking a hopeless and declining team to implement a style that has made history in German football.
The hangover caused by the achievement of the Bundesliga has landed at the Leverkusen City Council, that handles the possibility of naming a street, an avenue or a square with the name of the Tolosarra technician. It all started thanks to a group of fans who placed stickers with the distinctive Xabi-Alonso-Allee (Avda de Xabi Alonso) on metal plates on some streets in the city.
A wish that has reached the ears of the consistory, who has set to work to study the conditions required for an official designationas reported in a press release, in which they also confirmed that They will grant honorary citizenship to the footballers, members of the staff and the board for what they have achieved on the green. They have made extraordinary contributions to Leverkusen through their shared responsibility for the success of Bayer 04 Leverkusen. For this reason, they deserve special recognition from us. This should be expressed by granting them honorary citizenship of the city of Leverkusen.
The regulations that can leave Xabi Alonso without his street
However, there is a legal problem that prevents this tribute to Xabi Alonso. There is a municipal law that prohibits using the identity of personalities or political faces to name streets. To do this, a modification of this standard would be necessary, as stated Rheinische Post Stefan Hebbelleader of the CDU, who welcomes giving the green light to this unprecedented concession. It’s worth discussing and considering because it moves people..
This is not everything, The City Council is also studying paying tribute to the anonymous heroes of this milestoneas they are Fernando Carroexecutive president, Simon Rolfessports director y Werner Wenninghead of the Board of Shareholders.
Follow the Diario AS channel on WhatsAppwhere you will find all the sport in a single space: the current news of the day, the agenda with the latest news of the most important sporting events, the most outstanding images, the opinion of the best AS brands, reports, videos, and some humor from time to time.
