Thunderbolt in the football world!
Real Madrid announced this Monday evening, shortly after 6 p.m., through an official statement, the end of its collaboration with Xabi Alonso!
"Real Madrid C. F. announces that, by mutual agreement between the club and Xabi Alonso, it has been decided to end his tenure as head coach of the first team," the club stated in its announcement.
The adventure between Xabi Alonso and Real Madrid thus comes to an end the day after the Merengues' defeat against FC Barcelona (3-2), in the final of the Spanish Super Cup.
Having arrived this summer from Bayer Leverkusen, the young coach failed to make his mark at a club he nonetheless knew as a player, from 2009 to 2014.
Real Madrid announces that Álvaro Arbeloa, also a former player of the club and coach of Castilla until now, will succeed him as head coach of the first team.
According to several reports from Spain, it was Xabi Alonso who made the decision to leave the club!
In recent weeks and days, some Spanish media reported a crystallization of tensions between Alonso and part of his squad. This latest defeat in a major encounter this season, against FC Barcelona this Sunday, has apparently led the 44-year-old coach to acknowledge the failure of his mission…
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