VITORIA-GASTEIZ, SPAIN - DECEMBER 14: Xabi Alonso, Head Coach of Real Madrid, walks past photographers as he takes his seat in the dugout prior to the LaLiga EA Sports match between Deportivo Alaves and Real Madrid CF at Estadio de Mendizorroza on December 14, 2025 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. (Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images) Xabi Alonso has left his position as Real Madrid manager.

MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 07: Xabi Alonso, Head Coach of Real Madrid, reacts during the LaLiga EA Sports match between Real Madrid CF and RC Celta de Vigo at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on December 07, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images) Xabi Alonso has left his position as Real Madrid manager.

MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 07: Xabi Alonso, Head Coach of Real Madrid, reacts during the LaLiga EA Sports match between Real Madrid CF and RC Celta de Vigo at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on December 07, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images) Xabi Alonso has left his position as Real Madrid manager.

MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 01: Xabi Alonso, Head Coach of Real Madrid, reacts during the LaLiga EA Sports match between Real Madrid CF and Valencia CF at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on November 01, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images) Xabi Alonso has left his position as Real Madrid manager.

GETAFE, SPAIN - OCTOBER 19: Xabi Alonso, Head Coach of Real Madrid, looks on during the LaLiga EA Sports match between Getafe CF and Real Madrid CF at Coliseum Alfonso Perez on October 19, 2025 in Getafe, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images) Xabi Alonso has left his position as Real Madrid manager.

MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 27: Xabi Alonso, Head Coach of Real Madrid, gives instructions to Jude Bellingham during the LaLiga EA Sports match between Atletico de Madrid and Real Madrid CF at Riyadh Air Metropolitano on September 27, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images) Xabi Alonso has left his position as Real Madrid manager.

OVIEDO, SPAIN - AUGUST 24: Xabi Alonso, head coach of Real Madrid looks on prior to the LaLiga EA Sports match between Real Oviedo and Real Madrid CF at Carlos Tartiere on August 24, 2025 in Oviedo, Spain. (Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images) Xabi Alonso has left his position as Real Madrid manager.

(FILES) Real Madrid's Spanish coach Xabi Alonso leaves after a press conference ahead of the Spanish league football match between Deportivo Alaves and Real Madrid CF at the Real Madrid Sports City of Valdebebas, near Madrid on December 13, 2025. Real Madrid said on January 12, 2026 that coach Xabi Alonso has left the club by mutual consent, a day after the team lost the Spanish Super Cup final against rivals Barcelona. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP via Getty Images)