Ferland Mendy's warning to Xabi Alonso and Florentino, problem for Carreras

One of the key starters in the defense built by Xabi Alonso for the current season is a recent arrival. The name Álvaro Carreras has sparked many comments since news broke of his return to Santiago Bernabéu locker room: the player had been developed at La Fábrica. The footballer's performance has made it clear that those €50 million (50 million euros) paid for him is a small amount.

Apart from an artificial debate that seems to have been duly solved, Valdebebas offices have received a striking message related to the current issue of the left back. Because if Álvaro Carreras is the player chosen by Xabi Alonso to be a starter in the most important matches of this season, Fran García will be the player to make the rotations.

This is what the Tolosa coach himself would have warned in the press conference after the match against Real Mallorca. The start of the Champions League 25/26 means that players who haven't had a leading role so far are getting closer to the field. In fact, another player who hasn't participated yet is the one who warns both the club and the coaching staff.

Because Ferland Mendy, although due to the injury he suffered last April, has been left out of all the plans of the new group of tactical coaches. The prognosis for his proximal tendon rupture of the right rectus femoris in the quadriceps hasn't evolved favorably: he has already exceeded the initial estimated recovery period of ten weeks.

He has a goal in mind

Despite everything, the footballer is working alone at the Valdebebas Sports City with a single goal: to return to Madridist discipline to compete directly for the position with Álvaro Carreras. What now seems like a pipe dream is a possibility that the coaches led by Xabi Alonso see as achievable and feasible.

Especially after the reconversion they would be considering with David Alaba. The Austrian '4' is facing his last season at Real Madrid with few options to play minutes as a defender: his versatility as a midfielder, more specifically as a pivot, will be useful this campaign.

Something similar could happen to a Ferland Mendy who wants to fully recover, when his recovery schedule dictates, in order to return to the field. The comfortable situationÁlvaro Carreras is in right now could change if the '23' returns in style under Xabi Alonso's orders.

After all, the white leadership still remembers the footballer's best moments with the merengue jersey. This collection of individual actions is the hook the Real Madrid player tries to hold on to in his worst moment since he arrived in 2019 at the white team.