Xabi Alonso Already Has a Price, Florentino Accepts the Figure Announced on COPE

Real Madrid Continues to Be at the Center of the Big Saga of the New Coach. The wear and tear of Carlo Ancelotti in multiple aspects during the four years of his second stint as coach would have urged the need to sign his replacement as soon as possible. The number one candidate to inherit the position currently held by the Reggiolo coach is none other than Xabi Alonso.

However, his hiring won't be so easy despite the hypothetical willingness of the Madrid bosses to forge his arrival to the home bench of Santiago Bernabéu stadium. Especially because the Basque coach's contract ends in the summer of 2026, making it impossible for him to leave at zero cost from the BayArena: Real Madrid will have to pay a transfer immediately.

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The speculations made in recent days about the figure of that possible payment demanded from Germany would have finally been solved by the information published in Cadena COPE. In the middle of the post-match of Getafe-Real Madrid, Juanma Castaño made it clear that "Real Madrid knows Xabi Alonso's release clause as Bayer Leverkusen's coach" for this same summer.

According to the veteran journalist from the episcopal station, "that clause has a price" that Real Madrid would be obliged to pay. Otherwise, Xabi Alonso would remain as Bayer Leverkusen's coach until the end of his current contract with the werkself squad... the same limit as Carlo Ancelotti's bond with Real Madrid.

All Clarified

Juanma Castaño pointed out that "that price is eight million euros." Thus, Real Madrid should pay Bayer Leverkusen about "eight million euros" during the summer market of 2025 to replace Carlo Ancelotti. That price would have made possible the signing of "Xabi Alonso as coach, who seems to be undoubtedly the best positioned" to occupy that position.

Josep Pedrerol, in previous comments regarding this important saga, pointed out that Real Madrid wouldn't be willing to spend fifteen million euros on signing Xabi Alonso. The reduction of that hypothetical figure to eight million, always according to COPE's information, could make the change of mind a reality in the Valdebebas offices.

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Especially considering the "gentlemen's agreement" mentioned by Fernando Carro, CEO of Bayer Leverkusen, a few hours before that revelation about Alonso's own "release clause." If a team where Xabi Alonso played tries to sign him, the Spanish executive recalled, the werkself squad wouldn't stand in the way of the operation and would let him leave without further problems.

That doesn't mean they won't demand the corresponding transfer for trying to sign an employee who has a contract with the team based in Germany. The "release clause" of Xabi Alonso is one more edge in a signing that has left multiple rumors since the former player was the best positioned to replace Carlo Ancelotti.