Overview
- Real Madrid described the exit as by mutual consent, though multiple reports say the club drove the decision.
- After the 3-2 Supercopa loss to Barcelona, Alonso was summoned to Valdebebas and asked to reinstate longtime fitness coach Antonio Pintus, a move he resisted.
- Antonio Pintus was restored to first-team duties less than an hour after Álvaro Arbeloa was named interim coach.
- Reporting points to strained relations with key players, including run-ins with Vinicius Junior and Fede Valverde, while Cadena SER relayed claims that seven squad members had complained to the board since November.
- Confidence in Alonso had waned following heavy defeats and concerns over conditioning and tactical coherence, with results slipping from an early lead in La Liga to a four-point deficit to Barcelona.