Article by Dragoș Petrescu – Published Saturday, December 06, 2025, 6:15 p.m. / Updated Saturday, December 6, 2025, 6:16 p.m.
Xabi Alonso (44 years old), the technician of the real madridwould have personally contacted Kenan Yildiz (20) from Juventusto convince him to sign with the group from the “Santiago Bernabeu”, reports the Italian media.
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Those from “Gazzetta dello Sport” stated the fact that the Spanish coach has been monitoring the young player of the “Old Lady” for a long time, and recently, he also took a first step in trying to attract Yildiz to the “galacticos” court.
Alonso contacted Yildiz on WhatsApp!
According to the previously mentioned source, the “Blanco” technician would have approached an extremely personal tactic, contacting the player directly through the WhatsApp application, where the Iberian would have informed Yildiz that Real Madrid wanted him “desperately”.
Also, the press in the boot also stated that this event did not take place only because Alonso is a big fan of the Juventus footballer, but also because the Iberian coach is looking for a potential replacement for Vinicius Junior, who is increasingly being talked about as leaving the “galacticos”.
In addition, it seems that this message would have been very well received by Yildiz and his family, but not by Juventus, who do not want to lose their most valuable player.
The Turkish footballer has a contract with the Turin team until 2029, but according to information circulating in Italy, it seems that the 20-year-old is not satisfied with the salary that the “Bianconeri” offer. At the moment, Yildiz would earn somewhere around 5 million euros net per season, less than half of what Juve's highest-paid player Dusan Vlahovic earns, who earns no less than 12 million annually.
However, it seems that the Allianz Stadium officials are planning to increase Yildiz's remuneration, thus trying to do everything possible to keep their superstar away from Real Madrid's interest.
5 goals and 5 assistsmanaged Kenan Yildiz for Juventus in a total of 18 matches this season in all competitions
Real Madrid broke the streak of draws in La Liga
While he waits for Yildiz's final answer, Xabi Alonso must restore the “galacticos” in the championship, where Real have lost the leader's seat to champions Barcelona after three consecutive draws.
In the last match, however, “los blancos” achieved a victory by absentee score on a difficult ground, 3-0 against Athletic Bilbao at San Mames, but even so, the Blaugrana team is still in the first position in Spain.
In stage number #15 of La Liga, Real Madrid receives the visit of Celta Vigo, the team for which Ionuț Radu plays, while Barcelona will play Betis in Seville.
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