The reaction of the players after Real Madrid fired their coach » Xabi Alonso's premonition from a month ago
Article by Daniel Scorpie – Published Monday, January 12, 2026 20:54 / Updated Monday, January 12, 2026 21:03
The news of his dismissal Xabi Alonso after the Basque coach lost the first trophy match with real madrid2-3 in the Spanish Supercup, fell like a bolt of lightning in the blanco locker room. The Spanish press announced that the players contacted to talk about the technical bench change were surprised: “I spoke to two or three and they were shocked,” was the fresh revelation from the show El Chiringuito de Jugones.
Real Madrid tonight announced the sacking of Xabi Alonso as head coach, less than 24 hours after losing 3-2 to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final in Jeddah. President Florentino Perez's decision took many by surprise, starting with the vast majority of Blancos players.
Journalist Edu Aguirre revealed that he spoke to Real Madrid players and described the atmosphere in the dressing room regarding Perez's latest choice, which produced a real shock.
“Many of the players did not dare to speculate on who will replace Xabi Alonso, who has been in danger for several weeks”
“I talked to two players and they are surprised,” he confessed on the Twitch channel of the show “El Chiringuito de Jugones”, which can also be followed on other platforms, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and YouTube.
Vinicius jr has a hard life at Real Madrid with coach Xabi Alonso / Photo: Imago
The quoted source also revealed that “the Real Madrid players were completely stunned and that many of them did not dare to speculate on who will replace Xabi Alonso, whose position has been in question for several weeks, especially after the 0-2 defeat to Celta Vigo in early December. Manchester City also won a few days later at the Santiago Bernabéu (2-1), although Xabi Alonso's game looked better”.
For now, none of Xabi Alonso's students have reacted officially, on the social accounts. Not even Vinicius Junior, who has already had several highly publicized conflicts with his former teacher.
Xabi Alonso on December 13: “I think Alvaro can be the coach of Real Madrid in the future. He does things very well”
The break between the Brazilian winger and the proud Basque happened during the first Clasico of the Real Madrid coach, won 2-1 against Barcelona on October 26.
Alvaro Arbeloa, the new coach of Real Madrid // PHOTO: Imago Images
asked about the coach of the Castilla team, his friend Álvaro Arbeloa, who was one of the names circulated as a possible replacement for Xabi Alonso, the recently dismissed technician he said they didn't discuss it but praised him.
“I think Álvaro can be the coach of Real Madrid in the future. He does things very well. We talked about the players coming tomorrow from Castilla, but we didn't discuss that at all.” Alonso then concluded.
