{"id":60205,"date":"2025-08-19T05:27:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T05:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=60205"},"modified":"2025-08-19T05:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T05:27:57","slug":"rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso Sends Clear Message to Rodrygo and Real Madrid Squad Amid Transfer Speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the eve of Real Madrid&#8217;s LaLiga opener, manager Xabi Alonso addressed transfer rumours linking Rodrygo with a summer exit.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alonso claimed Rodrygo looked &#8220;good&#8221; to him and stated he was counting on every member of the squad to be fully committed.<\/p>\n<h2>Rodrygo Transfer News: Real Madrid Star Linked with Premier League<\/h2>\n<p>Three of the biggest teams in England, Liverpool, Manchester City, and Arsenal, have been linked with Real Madrid attacker Rodrygo.<\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola is reportedly a big admirer of the Brazilian, who scored a match-saving, last-gasp brace against the Cityzens in the semi-finals of the 2021\/22 Champions League. Manchester City are 4\/1 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/betting-sites\/football\/\">football betting sites<\/a> to sign Rodrygo this summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gilberto Silva on Rodrygo<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke with him several times over the summer, encouraging him to make the next step in his career. Arsenal is the perfect fit for him.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X1jZvfu77j\">pic.twitter.com\/X1jZvfu77j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arsenal Press (@ArsenalPress_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArsenalPress_\/status\/1957431144351240669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool, who have been enjoying a blinder of a transfer window, are also supposedly in the running. Last week, ESPN claimed Rodrygo wanted out of Madrid and had chosen Anfield as his preferred destination.<\/p>\n<p>According to Marca, Rodrygo has grown frustrated with a lack of opportunities at Real Madrid. Arsenal are attentive to the situation and are ready to pounce if tension grows further. Gunners&#8217; legend Emmanuel Petit recently backed the move, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/arsenal-rodrygo-transfer-real-madrid\/\">saying he loves Rodrygo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Alonso Responds to Rodrygo Exit Rumours Before LaLiga Opener<\/h2>\n<p>Amid transfer speculation, Real Madrid prepare to open their LaLiga campaign with a clash against CA Osasuna.<\/p>\n<p>In the press conference, the Spaniard was asked to comment on the rumours surrounding Rodrygo&#8217;s future at Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Primo \ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\udd1f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KMbappe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KMbappe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7b0x1KS1Js\">pic.twitter.com\/7b0x1KS1Js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rodrygo Goes (@RodrygoGoes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RodrygoGoes\/status\/1957152344002486648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>There are a lot of rumours this summer<\/em>,&#8221; he replied (via Football Espana).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>He [Rodrygo] looks good to me<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alonso suggested that so much noise can take a toll on a player&#8217;s concentration. He sent a clear message to Rodrygo and the rest of the Real Madrid squad that they must remain 100% committed to the club as long as they were there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I&#8217;m counting on everyone, and I want them to be committed to the team and be at 100%. That\u2019s what worries me and what\u2019s occupying me right now<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Rodrygo Next Club Odds Suggest He Could Stay at Real Madrid<\/h2>\n<p>With under two weeks remaining in the summer transfer window, bookmakers are backing Rodrygo to continue at Real Madrid. They are giving 1\/4 odds for Rodrygo to extend his stay in the Spanish capital for at least one year.<\/p>\n<h3>Rodrygo Next Club Odds<\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-table su-table-responsive su-table-alternate\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Club \/ Option<\/th>\n<th>Odds<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Real Madrid<\/td>\n<td>1\/4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Manchester City<\/td>\n<td>4\/1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arsenal<\/td>\n<td>7\/1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Any German Club<\/td>\n<td>12\/1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Any French Club<\/td>\n<td>12\/1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Liverpool<\/td>\n<td>16\/1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>Rodrygo joined Real Madrid from Santos in the summer of 2019. He has since played 270 games in all competitions, scoring 68 goals and providing 51 assists. He has helped Los Blancos to two UEFA Champions League trophies and three LaLiga titles, among other honours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the eve of Real Madrid&#8217;s LaLiga opener, manager Xabi Alonso addressed transfer rumours linking Rodrygo with a summer exit.\u00a0 Alonso claimed Rodrygo looked &#8220;good&#8221; to him and stated he was counting on every member of the squad to be fully committed. Rodrygo Transfer News: Real Madrid Star Linked with Premier League Three of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":52041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[99,1719,1501],"class_list":["post-60205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-real-madrid","tag-rodrygo-transfer","tag-xabi-alonso"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rodrygo Transfer News: Alonso\u2019s Clear Message Before Real Madrid Opener<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso has sent a clear message addressing Rodrygo transfer rumours ahead of the LaLiga opener. Read more here.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60205\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rodrygo Transfer News: Alonso\u2019s Clear Message Before Real Madrid Opener\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso has sent a clear message addressing Rodrygo transfer rumours ahead of the LaLiga opener. Read more here.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportscasting UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sushanchakraborty04\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-19T05:27:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Real-Madrid-Manager-Xabi-Alonso-Will-Debut-at-Club-World-Cup.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"698\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sushan Chakraborty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sushanchkrabrty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sushan Chakraborty\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sushan Chakraborty\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b0d960910798e54849fe1637f22b9813\"},\"headline\":\"Xabi Alonso Sends Clear Message to Rodrygo and Real Madrid Squad Amid Transfer Speculation\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-19T05:27:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":465,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Real-Madrid-Manager-Xabi-Alonso-Will-Debut-at-Club-World-Cup.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Real Madrid\",\"Rodrygo Transfer\",\"Xabi Alonso\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Football\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rodrygo Transfer News: Alonso\u2019s Clear Message Before Real Madrid Opener\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Real-Madrid-Manager-Xabi-Alonso-Will-Debut-at-Club-World-Cup.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-19T05:27:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b0d960910798e54849fe1637f22b9813\"},\"description\":\"Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso has sent a clear message addressing Rodrygo transfer rumours ahead of the LaLiga opener. Read more here.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Real-Madrid-Manager-Xabi-Alonso-Will-Debut-at-Club-World-Cup.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Real-Madrid-Manager-Xabi-Alonso-Will-Debut-at-Club-World-Cup.jpg\",\"width\":1240,\"height\":698,\"caption\":\"Xabi Alonso is under pressure at Real Madrid\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Xabi Alonso Sends Clear Message to Rodrygo and Real Madrid Squad Amid Transfer Speculation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sportscasting UK\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b0d960910798e54849fe1637f22b9813\",\"name\":\"Sushan Chakraborty\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/571100b9bca4410eb4c3dfea80c442c72269a7745139bf524d2455e45baa3fc2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/571100b9bca4410eb4c3dfea80c442c72269a7745139bf524d2455e45baa3fc2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/571100b9bca4410eb4c3dfea80c442c72269a7745139bf524d2455e45baa3fc2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sushan Chakraborty\"},\"description\":\"Sushan Chakraborty has been writing professionally since debuting with 90min in 2017. He has since typed out thousands of articles, learning the trade from some of the smartest minds in the business. Now at Sportscasting, he is striving to whip up his best articles yet.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/sushanchakraborty04\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/sushan-chakraborty-530b57111\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/Sushanchkrabrty\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/author\\\/sushanchakraborty\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rodrygo Transfer News: Alonso\u2019s Clear Message Before Real Madrid Opener","description":"Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso has sent a clear message addressing Rodrygo transfer rumours ahead of the LaLiga opener. Read more here.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60205","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rodrygo Transfer News: Alonso\u2019s Clear Message Before Real Madrid Opener","og_description":"Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso has sent a clear message addressing Rodrygo transfer rumours ahead of the LaLiga opener. Read more here.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/","og_site_name":"Sportscasting UK","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sushanchakraborty04","article_published_time":"2025-08-19T05:27:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1240,"height":698,"url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Real-Madrid-Manager-Xabi-Alonso-Will-Debut-at-Club-World-Cup.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sushan Chakraborty","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sushanchkrabrty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sushan Chakraborty","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/"},"author":{"name":"Sushan Chakraborty","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/b0d960910798e54849fe1637f22b9813"},"headline":"Xabi Alonso Sends Clear Message to Rodrygo and Real Madrid Squad Amid Transfer Speculation","datePublished":"2025-08-19T05:27:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/"},"wordCount":465,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Real-Madrid-Manager-Xabi-Alonso-Will-Debut-at-Club-World-Cup.jpg","keywords":["Real Madrid","Rodrygo Transfer","Xabi Alonso"],"articleSection":["Football"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/","name":"Rodrygo Transfer News: Alonso\u2019s Clear Message Before Real Madrid Opener","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Real-Madrid-Manager-Xabi-Alonso-Will-Debut-at-Club-World-Cup.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-19T05:27:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/b0d960910798e54849fe1637f22b9813"},"description":"Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso has sent a clear message addressing Rodrygo transfer rumours ahead of the LaLiga opener. Read more here.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Real-Madrid-Manager-Xabi-Alonso-Will-Debut-at-Club-World-Cup.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Real-Madrid-Manager-Xabi-Alonso-Will-Debut-at-Club-World-Cup.jpg","width":1240,"height":698,"caption":"Xabi Alonso is under pressure at Real Madrid"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodrygo-transfer-news-xabi-alonso-real-madrid\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Xabi Alonso Sends Clear Message to Rodrygo and Real Madrid Squad Amid Transfer Speculation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/","name":"Sportscasting UK","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/b0d960910798e54849fe1637f22b9813","name":"Sushan Chakraborty","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/571100b9bca4410eb4c3dfea80c442c72269a7745139bf524d2455e45baa3fc2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/571100b9bca4410eb4c3dfea80c442c72269a7745139bf524d2455e45baa3fc2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/571100b9bca4410eb4c3dfea80c442c72269a7745139bf524d2455e45baa3fc2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sushan Chakraborty"},"description":"Sushan Chakraborty has been writing professionally since debuting with 90min in 2017. He has since typed out thousands of articles, learning the trade from some of the smartest minds in the business. Now at Sportscasting, he is striving to whip up his best articles yet.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sushanchakraborty04","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sushan-chakraborty-530b57111\/","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sushanchkrabrty"],"url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/author\/sushanchakraborty\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60206,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60205\/revisions\/60206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}