{"id":181226,"date":"2025-12-08T15:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/181226\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T15:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:21:08","slug":"alonso-on-brink-of-sack-at-real-madrid-shock-klopp-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/181226\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso ‘On Brink of Sack’ at Real Madrid; Shock Klopp Link"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso is one game away from the sack at Real Madrid<\/a>, according to reports in Spain, with all eyes on their clash with Man City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alonso has won 15 of his 21 games in charge of Real Madrid<\/a> but finds his position under constant scrutiny for a variety of reasons.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard is perceived to have a difficult relationship with a number of high-profile players including Vinicius Jr., while a series of poor results has led to question marks over his future.<\/p>\n

Sunday saw Real lose 2-0 at home to Celta Vigo \u2013 with two red cards for Alonso\u2019s side and an assist from Iago Aspas \u2013 to ensure Barcelona<\/a> stayed four points clear at the top of LaLiga.<\/p>\n

Xabi Alonso future depends on Man City result \u2013 report<\/p>\n

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And according to MARCA<\/a>, an emergency meeting followed at the Bernabeu wherein which president Florentino Perez and his advisors set a deadline for a response.<\/p>\n

That will be the Champions League<\/a> clash with Man City<\/a> on Wednesday, with it strongly hinted that if Real lose that game Alonso will be sacked.<\/p>\n

Former Real manager Zinedine Zidane is touted as a possible replacement, along with shock links to Jurgen Klopp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Klopp is unsurprisingly described as the \u201cmore complicated option\u201d and it seems highly unlikely that the German would end his break from management so soon even for the lure of Real.<\/p>\n

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Spanish newspaper AS<\/a> are less emphatic when it comes to Alonso\u2019s immediate future but similarly point out that, regardless of the structural issues in his squad, the buck typically stops with the manager.<\/p>\n

Real have won only two of their last seven games \u2013 against Olympiakos in the Champions League<\/a> and then Athletic Club in LaLiga \u2013 to lose a five-point lead over Barcelona<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That run started with a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield, but of course Alonso\u2019s former side are facing even worse issues themselves with only four wins in their last 15.<\/p>\n

Liverpool owners backing Arne Slot amid Mo Salah storm<\/p>\n

There have been no such suggestions of an ultimatum made to Arne Slot<\/a>, who retains the backing of the board at Liverpool amid new pressure from within.<\/p>\n

Mohamed Salah<\/a>\u2018s public criticism has been likened to a civil war, and though some may have expected the club to favour one of their most legendary players, reports indicate<\/a> Fenway Sports Group will instead stick with Slot.<\/p>\n

Any decision over Slot\u2019s future will be unrelated to Salah\u2019s comments following the 3-3 draw with Leeds<\/a> on Saturday, but of course Liverpool\u2019s own form cannot be ignored for too long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso is one game away from the sack at Real Madrid, according to reports…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[98546,61,60,112,71767],"class_list":["post-181226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-former-players","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports","tag-xabi-alonso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}