Florentino Perez growing increasing wary of Xabi Alonso

Real Madrid have made a good start to the 2025-26 season, but there has been growing discontent in recent weeks – and this has made its way all the way up to club president Florentino Perez.

Xabi Alonso has done well since taking over from Carlo Ancelotti as Real Madrid head coach, but not everything is going his way. He had a well-documented spat with Vinicius Junior after the Brazilian’s substitution in El Clasico, and although that has now been settled, the ramifications of that incident are still ongoing.

This, coupled with player concerns after the midweek defeat to Liverpool in the Champions League, have led Perez to become increasingly…