Real Madrid turns a page. Carlo Ancelotti, despite two champions leagues won since his return, has lived a disappointing 2024-2025 season. Eliminated by Arsenal in quarters of C1 and distant in Liga, the club wants a new breath. Xabi Alonso, idol of the Merengues and Prodigy of the bench in Leverkusen, embodies this renewal. But to debauchery it, Madrid will have to pay a secret sum … which the German club has already fixed.
According to Sky Deutschland, Bayer Leverkusen demands between 15 and 20M € to release Xabi Alonso. A negligible, but not negligible amount. Real, accustomed to shock operations, knows that this sum is the key to repatriating the Basque coach. Leverkusen, lucid, already scans the market for its replacement. A race against the clock begins.
Xabi Alonso always closer to Real.
Asked about his future, Xabi Alonso remains elusive. “Now is not the time to talk about rumors”, He said after the match against St-Pauli. However, his agent, Iñaki Ibanez, would have resumed contact with Madrid. A game of dupes? Fabrizio Romano ensures that the agreement ist “almost completed”. Alonso, he focuses on the end of the season with Leverkusen … while keeping an eye on the Bernabéu.
Bayer ready to release Xabi Alonso
Fernando Carro, director of Leverkusen, confirmed it: a “Gentleman's Agreement” links the club and Alonso. If one of his former clubs (Real, Liverpool, Bayern) calls, Leverkusen will not block his departure. “We sit down to discuss, without obstacles”, specifies Carro. An open door for Florentino Pérez, which relies on this arrangement to accelerate negotiations.
Florentino Pérez sees in Alonso “The natural heir”.
Madrid President, “Completely in love” From the Spanish profile, prepares a “red carpet” for his arrival. Objective: reproduce the Zidane era. But the calendar is tight: Carro requires a decision “in three to four weeks”. Ancelotti is waiting for his fate in silence.
Real does not envisage plan B
Real Madrid holds its target. Between the financial requirement of Leverkusen and the tacit agreement, the return of Xabi Alonso is becoming clearer. It remains to materialize the operation before June. One certainty: in Madrid, we already believe in the Renaissance during the reign of a club of the club.
