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By Rune Gjerulff@runegjerulff

Xabi Alonso insists Leverkusen's "entire focus" is on West Ham clash, not potential Bundesliga title win

Xabi Alonso has insisted that Bayer Leverkusen's "entire focus" is on Thursday's Europa League clash with West Ham, even though they can clinch the Bundesliga title on Sunday.
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Bayer Leverkusen can secure their first ever Bundesliga title on Sunday if they can beat Werder Bremen at home.

But first they face West Ham in a Europa League quarterfinal on Thursday - and that game is currently where the focus is for 'Die Werkself', as Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso insisted at a press conference on Thursday.

Check out what he had to say below.

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Xabi Alonso: 'Our entire focus is on West Ham'
Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso did not want to talk about the possible early championship win at the weekend on his press conference ahead of the quarter-final against West Ham United and stressed that all the focus was on the Europa League game.
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