On January 14, the newspaper said that Real Madrid had closed a pre -agreement with Xabi Alonso that left the door open to his possible arrival of coach Tolosarra in the event that Florentino Pérez decide. Carlo Ancelotti had signed a contract until June 2026, but In Real Madrid they knew that a fourth season would wear a lot to the locker room and that in the previous stage the players ended up tired of the Italian message, So Florentino ceased it before concluding his contract. So Real Madrid decided to cover his back by closing a pre -agreement with the Guipuzcoan, who had also signed with the Bayer Leverkusen until June 2026. But The White Club spoke with Alonso to leave a door open and the coach agreed with the German club That in case it is called by Real Madrid, the Leverkusen would never get in.
The clause
That's why In the Xabi contract an exit clause was included, so that the Germans were compensated for the eventual march of the Tolosa coach. A figure that is around 12 million, although from Real Madrid they understand that it would be negotiable And they could reduce. Clause that is still valid and expects Real Madrid to activate it in the next few days. This explains that asked about the outline of the Arsenal and Real Madrid in London, the general director of Leverkusen, the Spanish Fernando Carro, claimed: “He would have preferred that Real Madrid would have won by a wide margin, and that the coach's situation was resolved. It is normal in football that, when a club like Real Madrid loses 3-0 against the arsenal circulate the rumors.
The reality is that Xabi Alonso had been taning by Bayern de Munich and Liverpool, offers he rejected, and also became probe by Manchester City before the renewal until 2027 of Pep Guardiola was closed. The 'Mancunian' found the following answer: “He will not move from Leverkusen until he called Real Madrid, with which he has already spoken.”
The turning point
On March 29 Xabi Alonso offered a press conference in which he was announced that he would confirm his permanence in the Leverkusen Until June 2026. By then, Real Madrid was going through its best, after getting rid of Manchester City in Champions and being fighting for the league title and a step of the Cup final. Ancelotti did not arrive alive at the end of the season in the three competitions since 2014, but then orHe currened something that made Alonso's message that everyone expected. Xabi unmarked when talking about his permanence in the Leverkusen this summer leaving an ambiguous message that surprised everyone: “There is nothing to decide. We are all concentrated in the season and in the games that come. We do not want to let ourselves be distracted by other things.”
Four days before, the night of March 25, toRgentina danced to Brazil (4-1) and the Brazilian soccer confederation decided to dismiss Dorival Júnior, SI TECHNICAL. Entrances Ednaldo Rodrigues, President of CBF, He contacted Davide Ancelotti and insisted on Brazil's commitment to his father as coach. The Brazilian emissary announced to Carletto's son to give him the deadline until the day after the Champions Final, on June 1.
These movements reached the ears of Real Madrid, from whose offices there were A call to Xabi Alonso with a blunt message: “Breathe!”. That explains the coach of the coach in the message at the press conference on March 29. Real Madrid saw, and continues to see, as a more than probable option of Ancelotti to Brazil to take care of the Canarinha team bench in the next World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada of the summer of 2026. That is why he contacted Alonso so that he did not make any public pronouncement over his future.
The Cup
Now Real Madrid, after the elimination in Champions and with the most complicated league, plays a chess game with the Italian, who clings to his contract and hopes that the decision is made by Florentino Pérez. The president wants Carlo to take the passage, while the coach maintains that it will not be he who decides the day that ends his relationship with Real Madrid. The Cup final could accelerate everything if whites fall for the third time against Barça de Flickwhich seems less reliable behind, but continues to impress with an attack that can do a lot of damage to a Real Madrid that has fit this season already 63 goals against.
Xabi is still working in silence and wants to go well from Leverkusen. In fact, he himself has helped the club to seek his possible successor, the German press revealed. Florian Plettenberg reported on the Sky Germany chain that In the Bayer offices they work with the stage of Xabi's imminent departure at the end of the season. Sebastian Hoissss (VFB Stuttgart) and Sandro Wagner (Assistant to the German National Team) are candidates to succeed him. In addition, the relationship between the Leverkusen and Real Madrid is good since in 2012, with Florentino as president, the whites sent a young Dani Carvajal to the Teuton club to firm.
Alonso awaits Real Madrid's call activating the clause of his departure and making his bags to Madrid, where he has a house in the center of the city that has recently remodeled. Florentino Pérez has in his hand to make effective the agreement that closed with Tolosa's to definitively open the door upon arrival at Real Madrid this summer. A maneuver that then few saw possible, but that It was enough to leave the rest of clubs that sought the services of Tolosarra. Xabi was clear that he would only leave the Leverkusen to come to Real Madrid and that is why he closed the agreement that we advanced in January will allow him to train Real Madrid. Your dream.