Overview
- Florentino Pérez led an emergency late-night meeting after a 2-0 home defeat to Celta de Vigo to assess the team’s slump and Xabi Alonso’s position.
- Multiple outlets report that dismissal was seriously considered before the board chose to postpone any change pending the Manchester City match.
- Reports describe a fractured dressing room, with some accounts calling the relationship between Alonso and a large part of the squad irreparable.
- The club has begun exploring successors, with Zinedine Zidane viewed as the preferred option and Jürgen Klopp also under consideration, though both present complicating factors.
- Real Madrid have one win in their last five LaLiga games and trail Barcelona by four points, heightening pressure for an immediate turnaround.