A brand new period appears to be about to begin at Actual Madrid. The large Spanish workforce is about to make one of the vital awaited managerial adjustments of the season, parting methods with Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, who’s reportedly near turning into the brand new head coach of the Brazilian nationwide workforce forward of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. To switch him, the workforce has lined up Spanish supervisor Xabi Alonso as their goal primary for the long run, and on Friday the previous Actual Madrid participant formally introduced he’ll depart Bayer Leverkusen in the summertime, marking the tip of an thrilling chapter that introduced a historic Bundesliga title in Leverkusen, the primary ever for the German workforce. Whereas Actual Madrid are nonetheless but to verify him on the bench for the upcoming season, we will already begin to consider what’s subsequent for each gamers and supervisor. Let’s have a look at who can profit probably the most out of this managerial shift in the summertime.
Arda Guler
If we realized one thing from Xabi Alonso’s spell at Bayer Leverkusen, it was how he was capable of enhance the performances of some younger stars on the German roster, resembling Florian Wirtz, who scored 34 targets over the past two years, making him probably the greatest attackers round Europe, partly by making a small shift in his tactical place on the pitch. Enter Arda Guler. Actual Madrid signed the younger Turkish expertise in the summertime of 2023, however regardless of the six targets scored in his first season and the ten he scored so far through the 2024-25 season, he has not been capable of finding a constant place within the workforce. Ancelotti spoke about him a number of occasions, insisting that it would take a bit longer to see him as one of many key gamers within the squad, nevertheless it appears it is now time for him to shine on the membership. Xabi Alonso arrives in Madrid in the proper second in his profession, when Arda Guler is able to make that further step and grow to be one of many beginning gamers for the Spanish facet. Xabi Alonso wants to search out the proper place for him, however the potential is unquestionably there.
Trent Alexander-Arnold
It is undoubtedly a bit early to know what the roster will appear like within the upcoming season, because the expectations are that Actual Madrid will make some adjustments in the summertime forward of the brand new cycle beneath Xabi Alonso. For positive, if we have a look at what he has carried out at Leverkusen, the complete backs had been one of many key facets of his type of enjoying. Each wingers, Alejandro Grimaldo and Jeremy Frimpong, have shined and proved to be essential for the way in which Bayer are enjoying, particularly through the 2023-24 season once they received the Bundesliga title, the DFB Pokal and solely misplaced 3-0 to Atalanta within the Europa League closing, which marked the tip of their unbelievable 51 video games unbeaten run. Actual Madrid are but to announce their first signing of the summer season, however all indicators level to Trent Alexander-Arnold, who already introduced he’ll depart Liverpool on the finish of his contract this summer season. Alexander-Arnold can deliver the expertise and he can goal to grow to be a key participant for Xabi Alonso on the wing, even when it is doable to think about he will not be the one signing in such a pivotal position for the brand new supervisor within the upcoming summer season.
Jude Bellingham
Up to now, we have talked about a participant that’s on the roster at Madrid, however nonetheless hasn’t proved his worth, and one other one who’s but to be confirmed by the membership, however let’s now speak about gamers which can be already shining with the present administration. Whereas strikers Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr. are anticipated to proceed enjoying as they’re doing proper now, we’d see a unique tactical strategy on Jude Bellingham, who can play in several positions beneath Xabi Alonso, as a midfielder but in addition doubtlessly as an attacking midfielder, as Wirtz, for instance has carried out over the past two seasons at Bayern Leverkusen. If there may be one participant who can profit from this variation, that is Bellingham, who may even enhance his numbers and impression on the workforce.
