BREAKING: Real Madrid sacks Xabi Alonso as Manager after seven months

BREAKING: Real Madrid sacks Xabi Alonso as Manager after seven months

Xabi Alonso has left his position as head coach of Real Madrid after just seven months in the role.

Alvaro Arbeloa, who has been coach of Real Madrid’s B team since June 2025 – and also spent the last six years working with the academy – has been named as Alonso’s replacement.

Real announced Alonso’s departure just a day after the club’s defeat to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final in Saudi Arabia.

Alonso departs with Real also second in the LaLiga table, four points behind leaders Barcelona at the midway stage of the campaign.