US EditionXabi Alonso Real Madrid Sacking Theory Emerges After Ex-Liverpool Star Appointed
Álvaro Arbeloa, promoted from Castilla and youth teams, replaces Xabi Alonso immediately after Super Cup loss; first match is Copa del Rey against Albacete on Wednesday.
- On Jan 12, 2026, Real Madrid announced Álvaro Arbeloa will take over as first-team head coach after Xabi Alonso left following the Super Cup defeat, assuming the role immediately.
- Following the defeat in Saudi Arabia, the club said the decision was made 'by mutual agreement' while praising Xabi Alonso as a club legend.
- A former Madrid full-back, Álvaro Arbeloa made 256 appearances winning eight titles and coached Real Madrid Juvenil A to a treble and the 2024-2025 league.
- Arbeloa takes match duties immediately with his first official match at Albacete in the Copa del Rey last 16 on Wednesday, after managing Real Madrid Castilla since June 2025 in Group 1 of the Primera RFEF.
- Promoted from the academy, Álvaro Arbeloa, promoted from within, takes charge immediately with a coaching style defined by high pressing and 4-3-3, built entirely in Real Madrid youth academy.
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At the halfway point of the season, Real Madrid is making changes to its coaching staff. Everything happened very quickly, starting at the beginning of the third week of January. The day after the club's defeat in the Spanish Super Cup final, followed by the dismissal of Xabi Alonso, Alvaro Arbeloa was promoted on Monday to the position of Real Madrid's head coach, seeing his salary increase considerably as a result. According to the Spanish med…
By TALES AZZONI MADRID (AP) — Álvaro Arbeloa will not try to be the new José Mourinho in Real Madrid. The former player of the club spoke publicly for the first time as his new technician on Tuesday, holding that he has much of Mourinho in him, but that he wants to inculcate his own style by assuming his first great job on a bench. Arbeloa, who had been acting as coach of the Real Madrid Castilla subsidiary, took over the reins in place of Xabi …
"Good Guys": Not Scared by Real Madrid Stars, the New Coach Alvaro Arbeloa Talks About a "New Start"
On the occasion of his first press conference as Merengues coach, Alvaro Arbeloa wanted to highlight the state of mind of his new players, accused by the local press of sabotaged their former coach, Xabi Alonso.
According to CNN en Español, Álvaro Arbeloa, a former footballer who triumphed at Real Madrid and has experience managing its youth teams, is the new manager of the first team. The club announced on Tuesday that the Castilla coach will take over the first team following the dismissal of Xabi Alonso, one day after the defeat against Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final. As a player, Arbeloa—born in Salamanca in 1983—wore the Real Madrid jerse…
At Real Madrid, a close friend of Xabi Alonso succeeds the former Leverkusen champion coach. Álvaro Arbeloa is a beginner as a coach. What about him?
Everything goes very fast in Real Madrid in the last hours. The club announced this Monday afternoon the dismissal of Xabi Alonso as coach and minutes after his replacement would be Álvaro Arbeloa, who on Tuesday morning already directed his first training since 11.30, shortly before sitting in the press room in a kind of mix between presentation and press conference prior to the match of eighth finals of the Copa del Rey the following day again…
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