{"id":103407,"date":"2026-01-14T04:58:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/xabi-alonso-says-goodbye-to-real-madrid-honor-gratitude-and-new-chapter\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T04:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:58:58","slug":"xabi-alonso-says-goodbye-to-real-madrid-honor-gratitude-and-new-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/xabi-alonso-says-goodbye-to-real-madrid-honor-gratitude-and-new-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso says goodbye to Real Madrid: Honor, Gratitude and New Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Xabi Alonso Ends His Cycle at Real Madrid with a Thank You Message<\/h2>\n\n\nMadrid \u2013 Xabi Alonso has ended his time as Real Madrid&#8217;s coach. The Basque coach announced his departure through a message posted on his social media, where he expressed his gratitude to the club, the players, and the fans.\n\nThe news marks the end of a stage in which Alonso led the merengue team. His time on the bench, although brief, was marked by dedication and commitment.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;This professional stage concludes, and it hasn&#8217;t gone as we would have liked. Coaching Real Madrid has been an honor and a responsibility,&#8221; Alonso wrote on his official Instagram account.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Xabi Alonso<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIn his message, Alonso emphasized the support received during his time leading the team and highlighted the importance of madridismo.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cI thank the club, the players and above all the fans for their trust and support. I leave with respect, gratitude and the pride of having done my best,\u201d he expressed.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Xabi Alonso<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe farewell comes after the final of the Spanish Super Cup, where Real Madrid was crowned runner-up. With Alonso&#8217;s departure, a new era opens for the club.\n\nThe team will now be under the direction of \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa, who has already begun working with the team in training. Xabi Alonso says goodbye, leaving a legacy of professionalism and respect for the club.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xabi Alonso Ends His Cycle at Real Madrid with a Thank You Message Madrid \u2013 Xabi Alonso has ended his time as Real Madrid&#8217;s coach. The Basque coach announced his departure through a message posted on his social media, where he expressed his gratitude to the club, the players, and the fans. The news marks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[718,2123,254,1110],"class_list":{"0":"post-103407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-coach","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-real-madrid","11":"tag-xabi-alonso"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103407","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=103407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}