Intro:

Pep Guardiola prepares for trip to Schalke as Xabi Alonso becomes latest recruit at Bayern Munich.

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SOUNDBITE: (German), Pep Guardiola:

"Xabi Alonso, well everybody in football knows him. He is very experienced and has great talent and a great personality. He has played a very long time for a great club. He knows everything in football. He will be good for this club and will work for this club."

SOUNDBITE: (German), Pep Guardiola (on Schalke game):

"We know how important our game against Schalke is. People have said: Schalke, Schalke. We have only played one match and I have seen both their matches against Dresden and against Hannover. They didn´t deserve to lose those two matches. They have very very good players such as Choupo-Motin, Scopoletin, Huntelaar, Boateng and Höwedes. Schalke are always difficult. So we need to play well to win this match. After training today we know which players are fit and which not. We will see tomorrow."