{"id":16479,"date":"2025-11-26T09:16:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T03:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=663373"},"modified":"2025-11-26T09:16:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T03:46:55","slug":"xabi-alonso-shrugs-off-rumours-of-player-power-at-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/xabi-alonso-shrugs-off-rumours-of-player-power-at-real-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso shrugs off rumours of player power at Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso has dismissed growing rumours suggesting that some players are attempting to push him out of the club, insisting he remains fully supported and completely committed to the job. Speaking to the media, Alonso addressed the speculation head-on, labelling the noise around the team as a distraction he refuses to entertain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel support here, I\u2019m enjoying the Real Madrid job,\u201d Alonso stressed, adding that managing the Spanish giants is both \u201cvery demanding\u201d and \u201ca privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former midfielder, who took over amid high expectations, acknowledged the team\u2019s inconsistent form but maintained that such challenges are part of the Real Madrid experience. \u201cGood moments, bad moments, it all comes with it. I\u2019m really enjoying it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether players have the influence to fire a coach, Alonso chose not to escalate the controversy. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna answer. I have a lot of respect for my players,\u201d he maintained.<\/p>\n<p>The coach urged focus and unity within the squad, refusing to let outside talk interfere with their objectives. \u201cWe can\u2019t focus on outside noise. We need to focus on our work, performances, and relationships in the dressing room,\u201d he stated. He reiterated that his only concern is what happens on the training ground. \u201cI don\u2019t care about anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso has dismissed growing rumours suggesting that some players are attempting to push him out of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":36706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1823,3796,3919,3986,266,961,4288,2554,3608],"class_list":["post-16479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-la-liga","tag-part-ways","tag-real-madrid","tag-rumours","tag-sack-alonso","tag-vinicius-jr","tag-xabi-alonso"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16479","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=16479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}