Real Madrid legend Ivan Helguera has said that the club was wrong to sack Xabi Alonso. He recently had his say while speaking on the Bajo Palos podcast alongside Iker Casillas, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he genuinely believes that Real Madrid moved far too quickly to terminate a promising project and gamble on Alvaro Arbeloa.
Ivan added that a fair evaluation of the squad’s true potential under Alonso should have been reserved until much later in the season.
His words, “I think they should have waited until February or March to judge. By then, we would have seen how the team was really doing. They were too hasty in sacking Xabi Alonso.
It’s absurd. Arbeloa had never coached in La Liga, and on the day he was promoted, he’d lost 4-1 with Castilla.
Raul would have handled this better because he’s been captain and has lived through these situations. I don’t think Arbeloa was the right guy.”
WOW.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football.
Real Madrid has maintained the white shirt for its home kit throughout the history of the club. There was, however, one season that the shirt and shorts were not both white. It was an initiative undertaken by Juan Padrós in honor of an English team Corinthian F.C., which he had met on one of his trips, one of the most famous teams at the time known for its elegance and sportsmanship.
It was under Florentino Pérez’s first presidency (2000–2006) that Real Madrid started its ambition of becoming the world’s richest professional football club. The club ceded part of its training grounds to the city of Madrid in 2001, and sold the rest to four corporations: Repsol YPF, Mutua Automovilística de Madrid, Sacyr Vallehermoso and OHL.
Hala Madrid is a magazine published quarterly for the Real Madrid club members and the Madridistas Fan Club card holders. The phrase Hala Madrid, meaning “Forward Madrid” or “Go Madrid”, is also the title of the club’s official anthem, which is often sung by the Madridistas (the club’s fans).
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