{"id":16121,"date":"2025-09-22T18:51:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=639893"},"modified":"2025-09-22T18:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:21:32","slug":"xabi-alonso-shuts-down-vinicius-exit-rumours-expresses-full-confidence-in-brazilian-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/xabi-alonso-shuts-down-vinicius-exit-rumours-expresses-full-confidence-in-brazilian-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso shuts down Vinicius exit rumours, expresses full confidence in Brazilian star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso has firmly dismissed speculation surrounding Vinicius Junior\u2019s future at the club, insisting he remains fully committed to the Brazilian forward. Speaking after recent rumours hinted at a possible exit for Vinicius, Alonso clarified that he is \u201cvery happy\u201d with the player and urged him to stay focused on the season ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy with Vini, for sure,\u201d Alonso told reporters. \u201cHe has to continue working hard as he\u2019s doing, the season has just started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Madrid boss also acknowledged the emotional side of the game, referencing Vinicius\u2019 visible frustration after being substituted in a recent match. \u201cI\u2019ve been a player, I know the feeling when you get subbed off\u2026 but I am very happy with Vini,\u201d Alonso added.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old forward, who has been one of Madrid\u2019s standout performers in recent years, has occasionally shown signs of frustration when withdrawn from games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso has firmly dismissed speculation surrounding Vinicius Junior\u2019s future at the club, insisting he remains\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":35698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1820,3969,661,3686,1823,3796,3919,2031,266,2924,2554,3608],"class_list":["post-16121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-ballon-dor","tag-ballon-dor-2025","tag-barcelona","tag-david-ornstein","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-la-liga","tag-manager","tag-real-madrid","tag-rodrygo","tag-vinicius-jr","tag-xabi-alonso"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}