Dan Thomas is joined by Ale Moreno, Steve Nicol and Luis Garcia to discuss Xabi Alonso potentially replacing Carlo Ancelotti as Real Madrid’s next manager before speaking on what Luka Modric has meant to the club as he’s been linked to a move to Saudi Arabia.
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Without Modric, Madrid is just Rayo Vallecano wearing white kits from Franco Mall
I think at the end of the season Luka Modric will once and for all leave Real Madrid. It’s obvious that he’s no longer an indispensable player to the team they’ve moved on from him and more importantly he has won everything there is to win at the club and moving to Saudi Arabia or MLS would be good for him before he retires.
He hasn’t been playing much this season I don’t see Luka Modric leaving Real Madrid in January that’s unlikely to even happen and he’ll most likely play a lot more following the long term injury absences to Eduardo Camavinga and Aurelien Tchuoameni but his days at the club are outnumbered and he has to accept reality that he isn’t untouchable at Real Madrid anymore. If he is to leave Real Madrid at the end of the season then what a career he had at this football club and he has the right to decide what he’s gonna do next.
I would love to see Real Madrid hire Xabi Alonso as their next manager I have no issue with them keeping Carlo Ancelotti beyond the current season. Carlo Ancelotti is one of the best managers ever and he has done a very good job for Real Madrid across both of his stints at the club and we’ve heard reports that he’ll take over as the manager for the Brazil national team next year for the Copa America but he staying for the short term would be great for them. Let’s see what happens because he could still stay at the club who knows.
Barcelona coach Xabi,Mr Luis read ur script
Look to Luis Comments versus The Others, he is The Worst vs. The Other in his Commnets and Capabilities… I Think ESPN Need a Better Than him to added to This Excellent Group
In my perfect world klopp will one day coach our real madrid . I wish it would be now when Ancelotti leaves but i just dont see it possible . I dont think he wants to leave liverpool or the prem right now
By the end of the season if don carlo actually leaves, i would say the obvious choice seems to be xabi which would also be a great move
Sad that they don’t want to keep Modric and have him play more games and as a starting player.
Arsene Wenger
Xhaka to RM 😂😂😂❤❤❤ l would love that
Let's not forget the way City absolutely overwhelmed Modric in Manchester. It was not pretty. The Croate looked old. Granted, some of that may be because of the WC and Croatia's run, but, well, late-thirties aged footballers typically don't find more gas as they roll on towards the big 4-0. I'll miss not seeing him in Madrid, but, honestly, Ancelotti wasn't putting him in the starting eleven. So, we only really saw him off the bench. Maybe that will be different with RM's midfield decimated by injuries for the rest of 2024. That said, I'd hate to see Modric trying to play the last third of La Liga, and the Copa del Rey and CL, without RM having the talent available to give him a rest.
Depending on how the year goes. I could actually see Modric resign another year. They are going to need him more than ever right now and that can change a lot of minds.
alonso, while flick goes leverkusen
I can't find any récord of Xabi Alonso being at Barcelona academy