A struggling Real Madrid star might be the best case for hiring Xabi Alonso
Following the 4-0 loss to Barcelona and the 3-1 defeat to his former club AC Milan, Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti received a great deal of pressure both internally and externally.
It's familiar territory for the two-time Champions League winning coach at Real Madrid, and he'll readily recall being fired for no apparent reason - other than the nebulous, "a cycle has ended" reasoning from Florentino Perez - after his first successful stint at the club.
But even though Real Madrid bounced back with a 4-0 win over Osasuna and have much bigger squad issues defensively than anything that has to do with Ancelotti, this time, the pressure feels different.
Even when things were going swimmingly for Ancelotti last season, there was a constant backdrop of noise that 2025 would be the y...