{"id":320427,"date":"2025-11-29T11:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T11:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/320427\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T11:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T11:42:07","slug":"xabi-alonso-impressed-by-the-character-shown-by-four-real-madrid-stars-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/320427\/","title":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso impressed by the character shown by four Real Madrid stars &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid are set to enter the market in the summer of 2026 for a new central defender, with David Alaba\u2019s time at the club winding down.<\/p>\n<p>The Merengues are looking for a top defender but are reluctant to spend big, which is why they have identified soon-to-be free agents such as Ibrahima Konate, Dayot Upamecano, and Marc Guehi as possible targets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/madriduniversal.com\/real-madrid-rule-out-move-for-soon-to-be-free-liverpool-defensive-mainstay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">As reported earlier this week<\/a>, though, Real Madrid have ended their pursuit of Konate, which seemingly puts Upamecano as the leading target for the Spanish capital club.<\/p>\n<p>Upamecano weighing up three options<\/p>\n<p>Now, according to BILD (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/theMadridZone\/status\/1994677861123502146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Madrid Zone<\/a>), Upamecano, for his part, is seriously considering only three options for his next move in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old towering defender has a number of top clubs across Europe pursuing his signing, but he will only consider the following three options \u2013 renewal at Bayern Munich, or a move to Real Madrid or PSG.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1-fc-union-berlin-v-fc-bayern-munchen-bundesliga-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Dayot Upamecano of Bayern Munich\" class=\"wp-image-75879\"  \/>Man in demand. (Photo by Maja Hitij\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The French international is not thinking about any other options or clubs at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Upamecano, despite enduring a tough outing against Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League earlier this week, has generally been top-notch for Bayern Munich this season.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old\u2019s consistent performances have been one of the driving forces behind the Bavarians\u2019 fine start to the new campaign.<\/p>\n<p>So, it makes sense that a host of top clubs are eyeing the defender, with Real Madrid\u2019s arch-rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-keeping-tabs-on-five-central-defenders-in-an-attempt-to-replace-inigo-martinez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Barcelona also understood to be an admirer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, at the moment, Upamecano is only considering three choices \u2013 Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, or PSG. He will not entertain any other proposals as things stand.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell whether Real Madrid come out on top in the race for the star defender\u2019s signing come summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid are set to enter the market in the summer of 2026 for a new central defender,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[164026,164027,164028,4898,31643,403,99,24844],"class_list":["post-320427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-andriy-lunin","tag-brahim-diaz","tag-raul-asensio","tag-real-madrid","tag-real-madrid-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-xabi-alonso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}