Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso hasn’t won over everyone since he returned to the club this summer, with midfielder Dani Ceballos reported to be thoroughly unimpressed with life under the new manager.From his preferred higher intensity playing style potentially putting Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior at risk,

Selecting an XI of regular starters at a club like Real Madrid with an extensive talent pool is anything but easy. Xabi Alonso, ahead of his first game as the new manager, faced that very crisis.The

Xabi Alonso needs to hit the ground running at Real Madrid, with the Club World Cup starting just three weeks after he was hired as coach.