MADRID (SPAIN) (ITALPRESS) – Xabi Alonso’s bench is at risk. Yesterday’s defeat against Celta, which helped Barcelona overtake the top of La Liga, could represent a breaking point, so much so that, “Mundo Deportivo” revealed, there was a meeting of the club’s top management after the match to discuss the manager’s future.
Xabi Alonso, who arrived at the end of last season to replace Carlo Ancelotti and was already on the bench at the Club World Cup, will still have one chance: Wednesday’s Champions League match against Manchester City: another debacle could lead to a sensational dismissal. Also because Xabi Alonso’s future isn’t just tied to results: Real’s problems are said to be rooted in the dressing room and stem from Vinicius’s reaction to his substitution in the El Clasico. At that point, Los Blancos were unstoppable: 13 wins in 14 games.
Then, however, something snapped. Hence the decline that has called the coach himself into question, to the point that names of possible replacements are starting to circulate: from the dream of Klopp to a temporary return for Zidane, through internal solutions (Arbeloa, current coach of the second team, or Solari, previously called upon to replace Lopetegui and now technical director), up to Raul, still without a team.
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