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Bayern Munich star Xabi Alonso announces retirement

Football

By Game Yetu | Mar 09, 2017

**Bayern Munich star Xabi Alonso [PHOTO: COURTESY]**

Bayern Munich midfielder Xabi Alonso has announced that he is soon hanging up his boots.

The 35 year old Bayern Munich playmaker has gone further to confirm that he is retiring from professional football at the end of the season.

Alonso tweeted on Thursday morning: "Lived it. Loved it. Farewell beautiful game."

Afterwards, he told Bayern's website that he didn't want to wait until his legs had gone and he was struggling to match the performance consistency he's shown throughout his career.

Alonso's career started at Real Sociedad in 1999 before Premier League giants Liverpool snapped him up four years later.

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He became an iconic midfielder at Anfield, winning the Champions League with the club in his first season and three other trophies.

In 2009, five years after joining, he left for Real Madrid in a deal estimated to be worth £30 million. He won five titles in five years at the Santiago Bernabeu, including one Champions League final triumph.