Xabi Alonso bids football farewell with simple message

Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge hailed Alonso as one of the game's greats and a "gentleman of football".

Xabi Alonso has announced he will retire from playing at the end of the season.

Reports earlier this year suggested Alonso was going to hang up his boots when his Bayern Munich contract runs out in the summer, and the 35-year-old midfielder has now confirmed that will be the case.