Xabi Alonso says OK to Real Madrid with a request: he wants this Serie A star

The coach debate is still not over in the Valdebebas offices. Carlo Ancelotti's management of the team so far this season has left more shadows than lights despite the European Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. Those two titles won in August and December 2024 will not determine the continuity of the Reggiolo coach on the home bench at Santiago Bernabéu.

The Italian coach himself believes that, in case of winning LaLiga and the Champions League, he could continue as the Madrid coach for one more season. The plans of the executives led by Florentino Pérez, however, would be focused on making Xabi Alonso's arrival official as the white team's coach for the next football season.

So much so that the environment of the current Bayer Leverkusen head coach would have launched some signing proposals to strengthen the first team's locker room during the next summer window. In addition to the urgent and imperative signings to expand the roster of defenders in every sense, Xabi Alonso proposes a midfielder.

This is not an unknown player for Juni Calafat's scouts, since Tijjani Reijnders has become one of the most followed players by the white club. For weeks, when he completely dominated the situation during his visit to Santiago Bernabéu. The defeat of Real Madrid against AC Milan in the Champions League, where he was a standout player, attracted the attention of the white sports management.

Sensible signing

It was then that the white bosses decided to maintain a close watch on the Dutch midfielder with the aim of assessing the relevance of his signing during this season. The good impressions he is currently leaving on the white board, as well as this request from Xabi Alonso revealed by "El Gol Digital", offer a very attractive possibility.

The incorporation of the midfielder from the Netherlands would integrate another all-around midfielder into Santiago Bernabéu locker room, in line with the profile of Fede Valverde and Jude Bellingham. But Reijnders is highly valued for his virtues as an organizer, precisely what Real Madrid would need after Toni Kroos's retirement.

The supposed Madrid interest in acquiring Tijjani Reijnders's card could complicate his signing for the summer market of 2025. The '14' rossoneri has a contract until mid-2028 and a market value set at 50 million euros: his valuation could be above 70 million.

In any case, the executives led by Florentino Pérez would sponsor this signing through tough negotiations with the Italian entity to reduce the transfer demanded for the Dutch player. Only in this way could one of Xabi Alonso's first requests for "his" Real Madrid be fulfilled.