David Alaba communicates his decision to Real Madrid, his future is set for judgment.

Amid the desired changes for the defense with the arrival of Xabi Alonso, Real Madrid is still focused on managing the footballers already present in the team. One of the most notable cases, aside from the players whose contracts end during the current soccer season, is David Alaba.

The Austrian '4' has quickly lost his position as a regular starter in favor of other players like Antonio Rüdiger or Raúl Asencio, especially due to the physical difficulties of his recent seasons. The serious injury he suffered during the first half of the 23/24 season has affected his performance during the current soccer season. David Alaba is now considered the fourth or fifth center-back for Xabi Alonso.

The roster of center-backs points to three footballers as clear candidates for starting positions under ideal conditions: Antonio Rüdiger, Raúl Asencio, and the newly incorporated Dean Huijsen. Therefore, David Alaba, who has a contract with the Madrid entity until the summer of 2026, needed to make a decision regarding his short-term future in the capital of Spain.

According to information published by Ben Fernandes, the European defender has reportedly informed Real Madrid that he intends to exhaust his current contract with the merengue squad. Even though the offices at Valdebebas might have dismissed the possibility of extending that link with the footballer from Vienna for another season.

He still has time

Thus, David Alaba will become part of the footballers available to Xabi Alonso for the 25/26 season when he finishes his recovery. Physical instability is one of the main reasons placing the Austrian defender in his last campaign as a merengue. The good performance he has offered to date has undoubtedly left a mark.

For this reason, in a conversation with people close to the white sports management, he reportedly expressed his desire to leave on a high note. That means trying to be a protagonist, offering himself as a constant alternative to Xabi Alonso's plans for the defense. Now it is up to the Basque coach to choose the regular starters in his new tactical scheme.

Not many consider David Alaba as one of the main contenders for those positions. Not even at left-back, a position he hasn't occupied for some time... and in which he hasn't performed as expected when Carlo Ancelotti made the decision to place him in that area of the white defense.

In any case, David Alaba's decision allows the merengue leaders to gain time. After all, Xabi Alonso continues to insist on the incorporation of another center-back besides Dean Huijsen: the merengue leadership would try it at the end of the Club World Cup.