Xabi Alonso lived his first infamous night at Real Madrid. And he did it by swallowing saliva in the press room where he avoided answering the individual questions, especially those that questioned Mbappé and Vinícius. Tolosa's was tense, but left a message with an important depth load: “Now I know certain things with certainty, I know some facts. The World Cup has told me many things than we are and what we have to improve. There will be changes. SIGHINGS? There is room. ”
15 losses and 84 goals against
The Basque suffered in his flesh the evil that ended up condemning his predecessor, Carlo Ancelotti. “The lack of collective commitment and sacrifice” that the Brazilian coach has denounced in Madrid during the season. Because as Xabi recalled, “this is the last game of the 2024-25 season, not the first of the 2025-26. Now it is time to start from scratch.” A disappointing end that ratifies the suspicions and vices of A template that came from being European champion and collapsed when Florentino put Mbappé in the locker room, who has added 44 goals. The course ends with 68 matches played, of which Madrid did not win 23, finishing eight in draw and 15 in defeat, with 148 goals in favor and 84 against. The worst figure of goals embedded in a season in the history of the club, matched with 1998-99. And among the defeats, set in -law against Barcelona and PSG, and wingspan fiascos in Anfield and the Emirates.
But more than the figures are the shapes that has turned on the alarms in the club. The team “evidences a lack of alarming commitment”, as Mbappé and Vinícius patent in the Metlife stadium against the PSG. Given that attitude and imbalance of a template punished by injuries, Florentino has made the decision to “deliver the scalpel to Xabi to restructure the template and return the hunger.”
This decision entails a new scenario in which the door opens to more exits, including that of a heavyweight, and the restructuring of the group with more arrivals than those planned. The idea of the club and the coach is to sit with all the players to see their degree of involvement. And in that Vinícius list it is one of the first. The career attitude of the Carioca in the game and the laughs on the bench while the team lost 3-0 did not like the president. He has worked on his renewal, beyond 2027, but today his continuity is not clear if there is no radical change in his attitude. In addition, his manifest incompatibility with Mbappé, another player who shows no defensive involvement, penalizes Vini because in case of opening the door to one of them, Real Madrid is committed to keeping the Frenchman. So, As sources from the Club assure El Periódico, “Vinícius's continuity is in the air.”
More outings and more arrivals
In the group of players who It is taken for granted that Rodrygo will not appearfor whom offers are heard, a Endrick to which a transfer is sought in a Champions team to be fiery, players like David praisesand now, after the helm turn the door opens To others with market outside and a few minutes in Madrid such as Brahim or Ceballos. The assignment of Raúl Asencio, who does not convince Xabi.
In addition to these exits, the new scenario also allows the arrival of new reinforcements. For a start, Madrid combs the market in search of a central. Asencio does not convince and Alaba is departure in his last year, so Xabi wants a more reinforcement that would complete Huijsen, Rudiger and a militao that must be seen how he returns after his injuries. Apart from the central the club Search midfielders and two defensive cut in the medium term could arrive. One with a profile in which the German Angelo Stiller would fit, who would be completed in the medium term by other interesting in the market as Konatousthat is free in Liverpool next summer and would arrive free following the path of Alexander-Arnold. Florentino wants to see “hunger” again in the Real Madrid squad and for this he has given the scalpel to Xabi, whose decisions promise a summer moved.
