Xabi Alonso\u2019s exit from Real Madrid has \u2018harmed\u2019 Victor Valdepenas, who feels \u2018deceived\u2019 by new boss Alvaro Arbeloa amid \u2018special interest\u2019 from Arsenal in his services.<\/p>\n
Alonso was given his marching orders earlier this month having only taken charge of the La Liga giants in the summer, with Arbeloa replacing him at the Bernabeu helm.<\/p>\n
Amid various, likely spurious, reports claiming big-name stars were pushing for Alonso\u2019s dismissal, a report in Spain claims there are several players \u2018who miss\u2019 the former Bayer Leverkusen coach.<\/p>\n
READ:\u00a0Big Weekend: Arsenal v Manchester United, Aston Villa, Mo Salah, Oliver Glasner<\/a><\/p>\n Valdepenas was particularly grateful to Alonso, who handed the 19-year-old his first-team debut in the 2-1 win over Alaves in December, despite the manager criticising the left-back in his post-match press conference.<\/p>\n Alonso praised Valdepenas\u2019 overall performance, highlighting his composure and solidity across the game, but also pointed out that Madrid conceded on the only play in which the young defender made a mistake.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cWe conceded on the only play where Valdepe\u00f1as made a mistake, because in all the others they were very solid.\u201d<\/p>\n Alonso is reported to have sought Valdepenas out after the press conference to apologise for singling him out, acknowledging that his words had unintentionally placed the player in an uncomfortable position.<\/p>\n According to Marca, Valdepenas didn\u2019t take the criticism to heart and claim that it\u2019s the manager\u2019s exit which has \u2018harmed\u2019 him.<\/p>\n Despite Arbeola working with Valdepanas in Juvenil A and Castilla, the teenager has not yet entered his plans, not even in the Copa del Rey clash against Albacete, in which he gave many of the second-string options an opportunity to impress.<\/p>\n MORE ARSENAL COVERAGE ON F365 The report claims Arbeloa has \u2018promised him many more opportunities\u2019 that have not yet materialised.<\/p>\n \u2018His disappointment is more than evident and understandable, and he has reached the point of considering his future in the club\u2019.<\/p>\n Valdepenas has reportedly \u2018received offers to change the scenery before the winter market ends\u2019 and Marca have \u2018leaked\u2019 that \u2018any teams are very attentive to his situation\u2019.<\/p>\n Chief among those suitors are Arsenal, who have shown a \u2018special interest\u2019 as manager Mikel Arteta \u2018would be delighted with the arrival of the Madrid pearl\u2019.<\/p>\n It\u2019s claimed the Gunners are ready to \u2018offer him a high salary and a very ambitious project\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso\u2019s exit from Real Madrid has \u2018harmed\u2019 Victor Valdepenas, who feels \u2018deceived\u2019 by new boss Alvaro Arbeloa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[146582,220,218,448,2119,50,1705,101,56,1955,54,55],"class_list":["post-388321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-alvaro-arbeloa","tag-arsenal","tag-football","tag-front-page","tag-mikel-arteta","tag-news","tag-real-madrid","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-uncategorized","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388321","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=388321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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