Florentino and Xabi Alonso's Agent Caught, Announce News in Germany

Real Madrid Is Focused on Potential Changes to Their Squad for the Next Season. The elimination in the Champions League quarter-finals has initiated a deep period of reflection in various sectors of the merengue entity that would have led to several additions and departures. One of the most notable is on the home bench at Santiago Bernabéu.

The continuity of Carlo Ancelotti is subject to intense debate and a mix of information that doesn't clarify the outlook for the Reggiolo coach. Regardless, everyone seems to agree that the end of his second stint as the white team's coach will occur at the end of the current soccer season, when LaLiga concludes.

The candidates to replace the Italian strategist are hard to find, but the merengue leaders would have set their sights on Xabi Alonso. The current Bayer Leverkusen coach surprised all of Europe with his tactical approaches and excellent work that has revived the best version of the werkself squad. Therefore, Real Madrid considers him the ideal man to lead the first white team.

The doubts about the Basque coach are also palpable. From the noble area of BayArena, they indicate that Xabi Alonso is tied to the club until summer 2026, and they plan the next season with him despite those rumors. The information handled in Germany, meanwhile, warns of several meetings that would bring the former Liverpool or Bayern Munich player closer to Real Madrid.

More Than Notable Progress

According to Florian Plettenberg, several representatives of the merengue entity would have held various conversations with Xabi Alonso's agent in the last two weeks. These approaches to the professional environment of the Bayer Leverkusen coach could be definitive for his team change in the summer of 2025.

The Sky Sports Germany journalist would make it clear, based on these meetings, that Xabi Alonso is the number one candidate to succeed Carlo Ancelotti at the helm of Real Madrid. The rest of the details of his hypothetical incorporation are yet to be seen, given that the Basque coach has a contract with the German discipline until the summer of 2026.

Regardless, these conversations between Real Madrid and Xabi Alonso's agent would have served to bring positions closer between the two sides of that possible negotiation. The resolution of this saga is of utmost importance, according to multiple prestigious informers in the Old Continent, because multiple transactions depend on it.

Depending on the new coach of the white club, the merengue leaders could approach or distance themselves from several players who are currently on their list of potential signings for the coming summers. In the Valdebebas offices, they foresee a total involvement from Xabi Alonso in the roadmap for the summer market of 2025... as has already happened at Bayer Leverkusen since he arrived as the coach of the first German team.