{"id":16893,"date":"2026-01-13T19:33:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=679454"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:03:41","slug":"ill-be-there-as-long-as-madrid-wants-me-to-alvaro-arbeloa-speaks-for-the-first-time-as-madrid-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/ill-be-there-as-long-as-madrid-wants-me-to-alvaro-arbeloa-speaks-for-the-first-time-as-madrid-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019ll be there as long as Madrid wants me to,\u201d Alvaro Arbeloa speaks for the first time as Madrid manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c1lvaro Arbeloa has reaffirmed his deep-rooted commitment to Real Madrid, insisting that the length or nature of his contract is irrelevant as long as the club continues to place its trust in him. Speaking after being officially presented in his new role, Arbeloa made it clear that his motivation comes from service, loyalty, and a profound emotional bond with the Spanish giants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt does not matter my contract, interim or long term. I\u2019m here as long as Real Madrid want me to help,\u201d Arbeloa said, underlining his willingness to contribute in any capacity the club requires. The former defender, who has been associated with Real Madrid for two decades across different phases of his career, described the club as his true home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been here for 20 years and I\u2019ll stay as long as Real Madrid wants me to. I feel like this is my home,\u201d he added, highlighting the personal significance of the opportunity. Arbeloa, who has previously worked within the club\u2019s youth setup, acknowledged the responsibility that comes with his new position and embraced the challenge with confidence and enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c1lvaro Arbeloa has reaffirmed his deep-rooted commitment to Real Madrid, insisting that the length or nature of his contract is\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":37670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4517,1823,2327,3796,3919,2031,3412,266,3940,3608],"class_list":["post-16893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-alvaro-arbeloa","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-florentino-perez","tag-football","tag-la-liga","tag-manager","tag-perez","tag-real-madrid","tag-sacked","tag-xabi-alonso"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16893","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=16893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}