Xabi Alonso Sacked: What Next For Real Madrid?

About this episode

Phil and Kiyan discuss the implications of Real Madrid sacking Xabi Alonso and the future under Alvaro Arbeloa.

On this episode of the Football Vision Podcast, Phil is joined by Kiyan Sobhani (chief editor and columnist at Managing Madrid) to discuss Real Madrid sacking Xabi Alonso and what their future holds with Alvaro Arbeloa in charge. Topics include: tactical issues that developed, issues in the transfer market, dressing room toxicity and player power leading to problems, why Alonso never had the club's full backing and which manager should take over this summer. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Host: Phil

Guest: Kiyan Sobhani

Topics covered

• Real Madrid
• Xabi Alonso
• Alvaro Arbeloa
• tactical issues
• transfer market
• dressing room toxicity
• managerial changes

Keywords

• Real Madrid
• Xabi Alonso
• Alvaro Arbeloa
• soccer
• tactics
• transfer market
• dressing room
• manager

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Real Madrid

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