Overview
- Spanish and international outlets describe Wednesday’s Champions League home game against Manchester City as a potential finale for the coach after a steep dip in form.
- Real Madrid have won only two of their last seven matches, including a 0–2 home loss to Celta Vigo that intensified scrutiny of the project.
- Reports cite a late-night crisis meeting led by president Florentino Pérez following the Celta defeat, with a demand for immediate solutions attributed to the club chief.
- Alonso publicly calls for calm, says the squad is together, and rejects claims he has lost key players, even as local media detail friction over his pressing approach.
- Injuries have thinned the defense, including Éder Militão’s setback, while speculation over potential successors ranges from Zinedine Zidane and José Mourinho to Jürgen Klopp and Álvaro Arbeloa.