It seems that Xabi is going to be the one who comes, although it is not official.<\/p>Dani Carvajal<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n Carvajal added that Alonso “has had two fantastic seasons with Bayer Leverkusen and I think he will do very well. He knows the club better than anyone, he has been a player, he has defended the badge for many years, he knows what it means to be a Real Madrid player, and I think that is also a plus for him as a coach”.<\/p>\n\n Real Madrid was eliminated in the Champions League quarter-finals by Arsenal and lost against Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final. Furthermore, Ancelotti’s team said goodbye to their league title hopes after a 5-4 defeat against Bar\u00e7a in the Cl\u00e1sico on May 11, and will finish in second position behind their arch-rivals.<\/p>\n\n Dani Carvajal hopes Xabi Alonso succeeds at Real Madrid.<\/em><\/p>\n\n Ancelotti, who won 15 titles during his two spells as Madrid’s coach, led the team last season to win the Champions League and LaLiga.<\/p>\n\n I have mixed feelings. I am very saddened by Carlo’s departure. I am sorry that he is leaving. I have been with him for many years, in his first stage and in this second one, we have won everything with him. He is like a footballing father to me and, well, I say it with great sadness, but in the end I hope that next Saturday the coach has the farewell he deserves as the most successful coach in the history of the club.<\/p>Dani Carvajal<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n In addition to Alonso, Madrid will incorporate Dean Huijsen, a defender from Bournemouth.<\/p>\n\n Carvajal also spoke about the possible arrival of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool’s right-back, although he is not afraid of the competition.<\/p>\n\n Fear? Here we don’t talk about fear, we will be companions. Competition improves us both and brings out the best in each one.<\/p>Dani Carvajal<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n Carvajal, who suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in October, reported on his possible return date.<\/p>\n\n I am going to travel to the Club World Cup. There I will start working with the team and assess when I can compete.<\/p>Dani Carvajal<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n Real Madrid is also considering reinforcing the full-back position, with Alejandro Grimaldo from Leverkusen among the possible candidates.<\/p>\n\n Grimaldo, a former Barcelona youth player, completed his second season with Alonso at Leverkusen and would be willing to follow his coach to the Bernab\u00e9u this summer.<\/p>\n\n Grimaldo expressed his desire to play in a big club and mentioned Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atl\u00e9tico as options.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal has expressed his expectations regarding the arrival of Xabi Alonso as a possible successor to Carlo Ancelotti. The player stated that “only time will tell” if Alonso is the right man to turn the team’s situation around after a season with results below expectations. Saturday’s match against Real Sociedad will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2703,254,221,1110],"class_list":{"0":"post-7250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-dani-carvajal","9":"tag-real-madrid","10":"tag-transfers","11":"tag-xabi-alonso"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7250","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=7250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0521%2Fr1496059_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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