Under coach Xabi Alonso, Real Madrid plays successful, but not always beautiful, football. President Florentino Pérez’s management team shouldn’t like that at all. Apparently they are already looking at two alternatives.
Second place in the league, fifth place in the Champions League and only two defeats this season across all competitions: the raw numbers don’t look that bad for Real Madrid this season. But the devil is in the details, as the Royals only narrowly won many of their games. Instead of magical football, there was often piecemeal and trembling until the end.
The trend is also worrying. There were three draws in a row in the league recently. In the Champions League, the 0-1 defeat in Liverpool was followed by a very difficult 4-3 defeat against Piraeus. A development that top boss Florentino Pérez and Co. should not like at all.
According to “fichajes.net”, the concerns in the management are now so great that a change of coach is already being considered. Two possible candidates are already on the list: Zinédine Zidane and Jürgen Klopp.
Zidane is number one on Real’s wish list
According to the report, the French legend is the clear number one on the list. Pérez would like to see the former successful coach return, under whom the Royals won the Champions League three times in a row in 2026, 2017 and 2018, among other things.
Because Zidane is flirting heavily with a move to the French national team, there are other coaches on the royal list of candidates. Above all, Jürgen Klopp. It is said that he is trusted to revitalize the sometimes lethargic team. Contact with the German, as “Don Balon” reported a few days ago, had already been established.
However, Alonso probably doesn’t have to fear a sudden dismissal. Rather, those responsible want to prepare for the worst case scenario. If this occurs, an immediate plan B must be activated. It seems that if the worst comes to the worst, this could be a spectacular one.