{"id":103224,"date":"2026-01-13T04:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T08:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/mbappe-and-madrid-bid-farewell-to-xabi-alonso-after-his-departure-reactions-and-support\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T04:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T08:56:01","slug":"mbappe-and-madrid-bid-farewell-to-xabi-alonso-after-his-departure-reactions-and-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/mbappe-and-madrid-bid-farewell-to-xabi-alonso-after-his-departure-reactions-and-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbapp\u00e9 and Madrid bid farewell to Xabi Alonso after his departure: Reactions and support."},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Madrid dressing room bids farewell to Xabi Alonso with emotional messages<\/h2>\n\nFollowing the dismissal of Xabi Alonso as Real Madrid’s coach, after the defeat in the Spanish Super Cup final, several players expressed their gratitude and support for the coach.\n\nKylian Mbapp\u00e9, one of the team’s leaders, shared a message on his social media along with a photograph with the Spanish coach.\n\n\n

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\u201cIt’s been short, but it’s been a pleasure to play for you and learn from you. Thank you for giving me confidence from day one. I will remember you as a coach with clear ideas and a lot of football knowledge. Good luck in your next chapter,\u201d wrote Mbapp\u00e9.<\/p>\n\nKylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

Unanimous support from the locker room<\/h2>\n\nMidfielder Arda G\u00fcler also dedicated a few words to Xabi Alonso, highlighting his influence on his professional development.\n\n\n
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“Thank you for believing and trusting in me from day one. Every conversation and every demand helped me improve as a player. Your influence will always remain with me,” expressed the Turkish footballer.<\/p>\n\nArda G\u00fcler<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nDani Ceballos and Andriy Lunin joined the displays of support, wishing the former coach success.\n\nDean Huijsen thanked “everything experienced”, and Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni highlighted having learned from “one of the best ever”. Rodrygo Goes also expressed his gratitude.\n\nFederico Valverde, second captain of the team, highlighted the attitude of the coaching staff.\n\n\n

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\u201cI wish you the best, mister, to you and all the coaching staff who always had a great attitude. Success in whatever comes,\u201d wrote the Uruguayan midfielder.<\/p>\n\nFederico Valverde<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Reactions from the club environment<\/h2>\n\n\nJes\u00fas Vallejo, currently at Albacete, commented in an interview that Xabi Alonso’s dismissal was unexpected for the squad.\n\n\n
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“It was unexpected for everyone. Madrid competed until the end in the Super Cup and had chances to tie,” he pointed out.<\/p>\n\nJes\u00fas Vallejo<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nVallejo also spoke about the new coach, \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa, highlighting his knowledge of the club and his representation of Madridismo.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Real Madrid dressing room bids farewell to Xabi Alonso with emotional messages Following the dismissal of Xabi Alonso as Real Madrid’s coach, after the defeat in the Spanish Super Cup final, several players expressed their gratitude and support for the coach. Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, one of the team’s leaders, shared a message on his social media […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[6492,253,254,1110],"class_list":{"0":"post-103224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-dismissal","9":"tag-mbappe","10":"tag-real-madrid","11":"tag-xabi-alonso"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}