The top boss of the pharmaceutical company Bayer, surrendered to Xabi Alonso

The CEO of the German chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer, Bill Anderson, He said on Tuesday that he could learn from the leadership of the Bayer Leverkusen coach, the Spaniard xabi alonso which made his team the Bundesliga champion for the first time in history.

“We are proud of our colleagues at Bayer and we are pleased to lean on their example as we focus on leading Bayer to consistent winning performance, quarter after quarter,” he said. Anderson at a conference with analysts on the occasion of the presentation of the group’s financial results.

The multinational leader explained that he recently had lunch with him Xabi Alonso and the club’s sports director, Simon Rolfeswith whom he had a “really interesting” conversation.

“They have questions for us and we have questions for them and I think we always will we will learn good leadership” he emphasized Anderson.

“If there was a football club with good leadership, I think it’s our football club (…),” he added.

Bayer Leverkusen were crowned German champions early on, were in the finals of the Europa League and German Cup and did not lose a game all season in either competition.

When Xabi Alonso arrived at the club Last season, Leverkusen was in a relegation position and managed to turn the situation around by taking the team to the Europa League.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen was founded in 1904 by a chemical consortium, which remains the sole owner of the club. The so-called 50+1 law, according to which members of a Bundesliga club must have a majority in decision-making bodies, does not apply to Leverkusen because the consortium has supported it for more than 20 years.

The same exception, known as Lex Leverkusen, is also valid for Wolfsburg, owned by VW, and for Hoffenheim, a team forged by the patron. Dietmar Hopp.