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Reborn Xaka eyes Bundesliga summit
The Citizen
|August 22, 2024
Bayer Leverkusen talisman Granit Xhaka (right) has called on his teammates to challenge for the Bundesliga title again ahead of the new campaign after last season's surprise triumph.
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Eyebrows were raised when Xhaka arrived from Premier League runners-up Arsenal at the start of last term, with Leverkusen coming off a fifth-placed finish and with rookie coach Xabi Alonso preparing for his first full season as a first-team head coach.
But a club who had never previously won the Bundesliga did so undefeated something no German side, not even Bayern Munich, had ever done - adding the German Cup and losing just one of 53 matches in all competitions.
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