In its press release announcing the departure of Xabi Alonso, Real Madrid specifies that this anticipated divorce was decided by mutual agreement between the two parties. Since then, this version has had problems. Earlier in the evening, El Chiringuito And Marca assured that Xabi Alonso and his players had learned the news by surprise. A version confirmed by journalist Marcos Benito.
“It was at 4:30 p.m. that Xabi Alonso and his agent received the call from the club. Real Madrid waited almost two hours to publish the press release. Alonso’s agent was not in Madrid, Alonso was at home. They didn’t expect this dismissal to come down now. When they say “by mutual agreement”, it is a (polite) formula. He didn’t want to leave Madrid, he didn’t think about it. They had to separate unilaterally and not by mutual agreement”he confided.
