{"id":317937,"date":"2025-12-15T22:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T22:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/317937\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T22:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T22:25:07","slug":"fabrizio-romano-names-next-real-madrid-manager-after-xabi-alonso-sack-timeline-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/317937\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano names next Real Madrid manager after Xabi Alonso sack timeline set"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xabi Alonso remains \u2018under scrutiny\u2019 at Real Madrid and the timeline for his sack has been revealed by Fabrizio Romano who has also named who he\u2019s heard would replace the Spaniard if he\u2019s sacked.<\/p>\n

Multiple outlets in Spain went big one week ago on Real Madrid<\/a> sacking Alonso<\/a> if his side were beaten by Manchester City in the Champions League.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid did taste defeat at the hands of old enemy Pep Guardiola, but the axe did not fall as those in Spain predicted.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Alonso is under pressure and did his chances of avoiding the sack the world of good on Sunday when overseeing a much-needed 2-1 win over Deportivo Alaves.<\/p>\n

But at Real Madrid where expectations are sky high, one win must be followed by another, and another, and another, and many more after that before Alonso can truly rest easy.<\/p>\n

And according to the latest from transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, Real Madrid will turn to Alvaro Arbeloa if determining they made a mistake hiring Alonso.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom what I\u2019m hearing, eventually if things change the name I\u2019m hearing is Alvaro Arbeloa,\u201d declared Romano on his YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On speculative links to Jurgen Klopp and Zinedine Zidane, Romano clarified: \u201cTo answer questions on Zidane and Klopp, my information is that eventually the favourite could be Arbeloa.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arbeloa, 42, is the current manager of Real Madrid\u2019s B team. A prior report from The Athletic noted Real\u2019s hierarchy have been impressed<\/a> by how quickly Arbeloa has improved younger players, his progressive playing style, and his stronger personality when compared to Alonso that should lend itself better to managing the big egos in the first team.<\/p>\n

So\u2026 is Xabi Alonso in danger?<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation remains one to watch in the upcoming games and the upcoming weeks, I would say,\u201d added Romano on Alonso.<\/p>\n

\u201cReal Madrid beat Alaves, they deserved also a penalty in the final minutes, so it was a 2-1, could\u2019ve been 3-1.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo Real won the game and that was the most important part. The reaction from the players was very clear, Rodrygo is doing well again, assist by Vinicius, goal by Mbappe, assist by Bellingham\u2026 so good messages from Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut at the same time, from the club they want to see exactly the same [improvements] in the Copa del Rey, and in LaLiga [next time out] versus Sevilla. And then there\u2019s the Spanish Super Cup, considered a really crucial moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo in these games, Xabi Alonso must give confirmation of this change of results at Real Madrid. This remains the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo Alonso for now is safe, but in the next games it remains crucial to see what\u2019s going to happen with Xabi, and for the results to be positive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Romano concluded by stating Alonso remains \u201cunder scrutiny\u201d at Real Madrid before again declaring Alonso must pick up positive results in the upcoming matches to avoid the sack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso remains \u2018under scrutiny\u2019 at Real Madrid and the timeline for his sack has been revealed by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[42326,218,448,1705,32527,101,56,54,55,40765],"class_list":["post-317937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-all-the-news","tag-football","tag-front-page","tag-real-madrid","tag-spanish-la-liga","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-xabi-alonso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}