Overview
- The club said Alonso's exit was by mutual agreement, ending a roughly seven-month tenure spanning 34 games with a 24-4-6 record.
- Arbeloa steps up from Castilla after a coaching rise through Madrid's academy, with no contract length disclosed.
- His first assignment is a Copa del Rey last-16 trip to Albacete on Wednesday, the start of a congested run of fixtures.
- Madrid sit four points behind Barcelona in La Liga and have endured mixed European results this season.
- Reports detailed dressing-room friction and noted conflicting early claims that Alonso would stay before Madrid's official announcement.