Xabi Alonso cleaning at Real Madrid: Goodbye to 6 players
Xabi Alonso is right now the main candidate to lead Real Madrid from next season. Carlo Ancelotti will almost certainly not stay, and the most likely thing is that from 2024 he will become the coach of Brazil, because the deal is practically sealed. Florentino Pérez has no doubt that the coach of Bayer Leverkusen has everything necessary to be a great leader, and for this reason he has started talks with him.
He is very happy in the BayArena, and they are co-leaders of the Bundesliga , tied with Bayern Munich . But he could not say no to the opportunity to return to the Santiago Bernabéu, where he spent five years as an active footballer. Of course, he has already warned that if he lands, he would plan to do a deep cleaning in the dressing room , and he would intend to make six farewells, starting with Lucas Vázquez and Ferland Mendy.
As for the Frenchman, he has never finished convincing in La Liga EA Sports, and currently already has a secondary role under the orders of ‘Carletto’. While the Galician’s contract ends in June, and the plans in the Spanish capital are not to renew it, to bring in a top-level right-back to compete with Dani Carvajal. Nor does Andriy Lunin have a future , who will be free in a few months, and will have to look for a new challenge.
They are not the only ones pointed out by Alonso, who has also been responsible for placing Dani Ceballos on the starting ramp . He decided to renew recently, against all odds, but it is a decision that has cost him dearly. He has not played a sad minute this campaign, and it seems unthinkable that his situation in Madrid can improve soon, if we consider the incredible competition that exists in the engine room.
Continuing with the particular ‘black list’ of the World Cup champion in South Africa, is Brahim Díaz, who returned this summer, but has not had the opportunity to prove his worth under Ancelotti, and is a firm candidate to leave crossed.
Likewise, Alonso will ask Florentino Pérez not to make any attempt to retain Joselu Mato. You can’t say he’s played badly, but he’s already 33, so there’s no point in making an effort to keep him.
It is better to make way for Endrick, who will land in July, and the new signing that Madrid is expected to close to be the ‘9’.
Source: El Nacional
