Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso has the “impossible dream” of signing one of the main architects … More
Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso has the “impossible dream” of signing one of the main architects of Paris Saint-Germain’s recent Champions League triumph according to SPORT, which cited anonymous sources.
Taking over the reins from Carlo Ancelotti this summer, Alonso has a wealth of options in attack which could lead to him selling or loaning out the likes of Kylian Mbappe backups Endrick and breakout Club World Cup star Gonzalo Garcia.
Arda Guler seems to be in Alonso’s primary plans, which also pushes Rodrygo onto the bench with his compatriot Endrick.
And though the Turk is a great attacking midfielder and the manager has other great players in the center of the park such as Fede Valverde and Jude Bellingham, he still lacks someone with a profile akin to Toni Kroos or Luka Modric.
Kroos of course retired from football this time last year after leading Madrid to a record-extending 15th Champions League crown against his compatriots Borussia Dortmund and failing to deliver the Euros for Germany, who were knocked out in the quarterfinals by Spain.
Modric has lasted another year, but nearing 40 he will move on after the Club World Cup where Madrid faces the same 2023/2024 UCL final foes in the last eight.
Alonso’s search has led him to Vitinha, and Madrid is reportedly putting the wheels in motion to snatch away the Portuguese playmaker that was so instrumental in his current club’s first UCL win and in particular it’s 5-0 thrashing of Inter Milan in a Munich-held final.
With a contract until 2029, Vitinha would only go for an astronomical amount of money which Los Blancos can’t or won’t want to give a club it has been institutionally at war with since the Mbappe debacle.
It would adopt a similar strategy in luring Vitinha, in that Madrid would encourage him to run down his contract and then join the La Liga giants for free towards the end of the decade in what would be another major coup for President Florentino Perez.
Real Madrid will have to look elsewhere for its Kroos/Modric replacement
As that possible free switch is still some four years away, however, Real Madrid will have to look elsewhere for a Kroos/Modric replacement that is able to sit at the base of midfield and cooly dictate play. Madrid seems to have missed out on Martin Zubimendi who would’ve been perfect, with the Basque set to be announced by Arsenal in the coming days.
