Real Madrid are not planning to sack Xabi Alonso anytime soon, according to one of the best sources in Spain, after the Barcelona-supporting Catalan media reminded the Santiago Bernabeu faithful that Jurgen Klopp was Los Blancos\u2019 president Florentino Perez\u2019s number one choice.<\/p>\n
Xabi Alonso<\/a> is enduring a tough period at Madrid at the moment. For arguably the world\u2019s biggest club, \u2018crisis\u2019 is just a defeat away. Real Madrid\u2019s performance and loss at the hands of Liverpool in the Champions League last week, combined with their failure to score against Rayo Vallecano away from home in LaLiga on Sunday, has raised doubts that first surfaced when Los Blancos were hammered 5-2 by Atletico Madrid in September.<\/p>\n Real Madrid<\/a>, though, are still three points clear of second-placed and defending champions Barcelona at the top of LaLiga table and are seventh in the Champions League standings.<\/p>\n There is no panic at Madrid about Alonso, according to AS<\/a>, which has claimed that \u2018the alarm bells haven\u2019t been rung yet\u2019.<\/p>\n While revealing that Madrid\u2019s performance against Liverpool and Rayo are \u2018worrying\u2019 and there is \u2018concern over the unexpected drop\u2019, the report has stressed that \u2018confidence in both the coach and the team is absolute\u2019.<\/p>\n AS observed: \u2018The concern isn\u2019t so much the play and the results as the fact that\u00a0the dressing room doesn\u2019t quite understand what Xabi Alonso wants at certain times.<\/p>\n \u2018Confidence in both the coach and the team is absolute, but it\u2019s also true that it\u2019s surprising that they suddenly disconnected after having overcome the biggest trauma of last season.\u2019<\/p>\n READ NEXT\u00a0\ud83d\udd34 The Micky van de Ven moment for Tottenham against Man Utd that may put off Real Madrid \u2013 \u2018Not my fault, it\u2019s yours\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Barcelona media trying to stir trouble at Real Madrid\u2019s expense<\/p>\n While there are emerging problems at Madrid, it is not as severe as Sport<\/a> would have you believe.<\/p>\n The Barcelona-centric Catalan publication reported over the weekend that Perez is not entirely happy with how things are going at Madrid under Alonso.<\/p>\n Sport reminded the Madrid fans that former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp<\/a> was Perez\u2019s number one candidate to replace Carlo Ancelotti at the end of last season.<\/p>\n It was only after Klopp turned down the chance to take the managerial role at the Santiago Bernabeu that Perez turned to Alonso.<\/p>\n Sport, whose reports on Real Madrid have to be taken with a pinch of salt because of their affiliation with Barcelona<\/a>, has noted Vinicius Junior\u2019s problems with Alonso<\/a>, as evidenced by his lashing out in El Clasico, and has claimed that Perez is not fully convinced by the Spanish manager.<\/p>\n Apparently, Perez has pointed out to people close to him that Alonso\u2019s team still has \u2018an old problem from last season: poor physical change\u2019.<\/p>\n Madrid are not running as much as the opposition team, and Perez believes that Alonso looks for excuses when Los Blancos lose instead of looking at his tactical set-up, like he did after the defeat to Liverpool in the Champions League last week.<\/p>\n Everyone at Real Madrid, including the fans, know that Sport are a Barcelona mouthpiece, so why would anyone close to Perez divulge such information to them?<\/p>\n Answers on a postcard, please.<\/p>\n Latest Real Madrid transfer news: Mbappe instructions, Arsenal raid<\/p>\n In other news, Kylian Mbappe has told Real Madrid to sign one of Liverpool\u2019s best player<\/a>s after facing him this month.<\/p>\n