A new era is about to begin on the Real Madrid bench. After a painful 4-3 defeat to Barcelona at Montjuïc — a loss that all but seals the LaLiga EA Sports title for the Catalans — the Spanish giants are preparing to announce the departure of Carlo Ancelotti and the appointment of Xabi Alonso as their new head coach.

Xabi Alonso has not even taken charge of Real Madrid yet, but the club’s next manager may already be facing his first major setbacks. According to recent reports, the Spanish giants are on the

Bayer Leverkusen's outgoing manager Xabi Alonso has rubbished claims that his star playmaker Florian Wirtz has already settled on a move to Bayern Munich this summer. The main topic of conversation for Alonso at the penultimate pre-match press conference of his Leverkusen career unsurprisingly centred around his impending exit.