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real Madrid Already parted ways Xabi Alonso After just seven months in charge at the Bernabeu.
This Spanish coach is from Bayer Leverkusen After a stunning run in the Bundesliga, the Basques helped topple Bayern Munich and end a run of 11 consecutive league titles, but He soon found himself under pressure Results this season have been mixed.
real Madrid lost Super Cup final 4-3 Barcelona On Sunday, they trailed their rivals by four points in the table allianceand they ranked seventh Champions League table.
A club statement on Monday read: “Real Madrid Football Club wishes to announce that, in accordance with the agreement between the club and Xabi Alonsohas decided to end his tenure as first-team coach.
“Xabi Alonso will always be loved and admired by all Madridistas because he is a Real Madrid legend and has always represented the values of our club. Real Madrid will always be his home.”
“We would like to thank Xabi Alonso and all his coaching staff for their hard work and dedication during this time and wish them all the best in this new stage of their lives.
Alvaro Arbeloa is Alonso’s former team-mate in Spain, Liverpool and the Spanish capital and he impressed during his time as Spain national team coach. real Madrid B has been appointed as his successor.
Alonso’s reign in Madrid began with a run to the Club World Cup semi-finals this summer and 13 wins in 14 games, but the tide began to turn against him with a Champions League defeat to Liverpool in November.
Since then, results have been mixed; Although he has the support of some players Jude Bellingham said in early December: “The manager is great. I have a great relationship with him personally and a lot of the lads too.
“We had some really good conversations internally after the first round and we felt like we were on the back side of that form. We’ve let ourselves down again in the last few games.
“No one downed their tools, no one whined and groaned and thought the season was over.”
However, the recent defeat to Barcelona seemed to be the final nail in Alonso’s coffin and he was quickly replaced by Arbeloa after the sacking was announced.
As Real Madrid coach, Alonso has won 24 of the 34 games he has coached since taking office in the summer of 2025, achieving 4 draws and 6 losses, but he had a conflict with the Real Madrid coach. Well-known players such as Vinicius Jr. and Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.
Alonso has the highest winning percentage among Real Madrid coaches in the past ten years, with a win rate of 71% in the games he coaches. This number is higher than that of his predecessor Carlo Ancelotti (68.8%) Zidane (69.8%) He scored a Champions League hat-trick with Real Madrid during the 2016-18 season.
Arbeloa has been the head coach of Real Madrid’s B team since the start of this season and previously served as a coach at Real Madrid’s youth academy.
In the 2022-23 season, the 42-year-old led the U19 team to a treble – winning the league, Copa del Rey and European Champions Cup.
He is also a Real Madrid player and played alongside Alonso at Real Madrid and Liverpool.