Real Madrid

[Horatio]

I am trying to solve the puzzle as to likelihood of Alonso losing dressing room.

I mean, I don’t imagine him being a legend or inspiration to these players.

Only Carvajal and Vazquez might look at him like that. Modric as professional he is will show him a lot of respect.

 

[KingLeo10]

I am trying to solve the puzzle as to likelihood of Alonso losing dressing room.

I mean, I don’t imagine him being a legend or inspiration to these players.

Only Carvajal and Vazquez might look at him like that. Modric as professional he is will show him a lot of respect.

Agreed. Alonso was a consistently good player but it's not like he is some sort of ZZ

 

[Temptation]

Only Klopp can save them.

 

[Catta]

They will get Zidane back.

 

[DonAK]

Zidane will take over France when Deschamps leaves in 2026 so doubt it.

 

[KingLeo10]

Zidane will take over France when Deschamps leaves in 2026 so doubt it.

He'll manage RM for a year and bail.

You think the bald shaman has any shame?

 

[fergus90]

Surely it's going to be Alonso now.

 

[Windhook]

I am trying to solve the puzzle as to likelihood of Alonso losing dressing room.

Alonso is playing a system football. Real Madrid are not used to that. All their success in the last decade came from Ancelotti's defensive aproach to wait for the opponents to make mistakes or tire out. Rope-a-dope approach as in boxing.

 

[fergus90]

This was always going to be the beauty of the situation when it stopped working. You had the frustration and disbelief of them pulling wins out of nowhere whilst looking very inferior for 85 minutes to basically most sides. To now looking in need of quite the rebuild.

I rate Alonso high as a coach, Leverkusen were absolutely nowhere when he took over, in fact they started to look dangerously close to dropping into 2.Bundesliga. But he's not that good where he can make a tune out of that current squad with the profiles, ego and attention it has.

Maybe he's got youngsters in their academy to draw upon, something that Carlo seems very reluctant to do.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Alonso is a good coach but he will, with his arrival, immediately be confronted with something he has never seen before - group of superstars with ego/arrogance significantly higher than their football ability, a president who wants big signings to be integrated at all costs and signs whoever he wants, an environment which won't excuse any period of adaption and wants immediate success and many many more...

Alonso had Liverpool and Bayern on their knees for him to join them and he passed on that opportunity. He isn't going to Real without a certain authority and certain signings, he isn't that stupid or desperate.

And he has been in clubs like Liverpool, Bayern and RM as a player, he might not have coached superstars but he knows how it goes very well.

With that said, this will be up to the SD, because they might make signings for him, but every signing needs to be a hit. Their defense alone needs a player in every position.

 

[Windhook]

With that said, this will be up to the SD, because they might make signings for him, but every signing needs to be a hit. Their defense alone needs a player in every position.

The big loss was Carvajal. Now they bring Trent-Arnold, meaning the Spaniard is thank you for the service, goodbye classic Madrid farewell.

 

[jamrock]

With Alonso I think Vini and Mbappe will be even less likely to work in a 352, but maybe he's not married to that formation.

Will be interesting to see how he fits the pieces together.

Midfield will obviously be Valverde and Bellingham + 1

 

[Horatio]

Rumours around madrid is interested in Munoz cause Trent is possibly not going.

Actually a player I am quite aware of due to Colombian friends. Somehow never thought of him as option for us.

 

[Andresito]

Rumours around madrid is interested in Munoz cause Trent is possibly not going.

Actually a player I am quite aware of due to Colombian friends. Somehow never thought of him as option for us.

Doesn't really fit Madrid's transfer policy being 28 years old. But maybe they understand they can't just buy world's most talked about teenagers.

Guy looks like a drug lord btw.

 

[FCBfan22]

The world is finally seeing what this club is.