Bet On Real Madrid to Come Roaring Back Under New Boss Xabi Alonso in 2025/26

Despite having led Real Madrid to a La Liga and UEFA Champions League double in 2023/24, Carlo Ancelotti found out to his cost that a managerial job at any of the biggest football clubs in the world is hard to keep hold of.

Surrendering their domestic title to arch-rivals FC Barcelona and being dumped out of the UEFA Champions League by Arsenal in the quarter-finals led to the experienced Italian coach leaving by ‘mutual’ consent and now with former playing legend Xabi Alonso at the helm, it’s the right time to back Los Blancos to make a roaring return in 2025/26.

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Alonso burst onto the managerial scene with Bayer Leverkusen, having spent three seasons as coach at Real Sociedad’s B team, and promptly led the team to an undefeated Bundesliga crown.

The former Liverpool midfielder is precisely the type of character to push Real Madrid back to the top, and the captures of Premier League pair Dean Huisen and Trent Alexander-Arnold, among others, will help to put the pressure back on Hansi Flick’s FC Barcelona outfit.

Luka Modric has said farewell to Real Madrid, and Toni Kroos left a last summer, and this adds to the sentiment that Alonso is ushering in a new era, and by all accounts, a number of other squad players could be heading for the exit.

Dani Ceballos and David Alaba are very strongly linked with moves to Saudi Arabia, and Brahim Diaz and Rodrygo could also follow as Alonso seeks to put his stamp on the Spanish capital club.

Last season, Real Madrid were way off the pace, and FC Barcelona marched imperiously to the title. They did, however, surprisingly lose to Inter Milan in the UEFA Champions League Semi-Finals, proving there is a chink in their armour and it’s one that Alonso will look to exploit.

Alonso is not lacking talent in the squad he has inherited, and the likes of Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior, Federico Valverde, and Thibaut Courtois are players he can rely upon for an end product, but for many others, the jury is still out.

Brazilian teenager Endrick still has a lot to prove, but is an undeniable talent and another prodigy who Real Madrid fans will want to see make more of an impact in 2025/26 is Turkish attacker Arda Guler. The 20-year-old is tipped for big things and will hope to be offered the chance to impress under Alonso.

Real Madrid will want to hit the ground running and to that end, it may prove useful that Barcelona will be playing away games for the opening three weeks of the season (with their return to the Nou Camp being perennially delayed), and potentially even more, which could offer Alonso’s side an advantage and one they should leap upon.