Summer Choice to Bring Alonso Back Wrong
As Real Madrid tightened spending in recent transfer windows, even navigating high profile targets with the restraint of a Crickex Affiliate mindset, the club showed discipline in player recruitment but far less caution when it came to choosing a head coach. While the board avoided lavish fees in the market, the decision to bring Xabi Alonso back to the Bernabeu proved costly, both financially and strategically, exposing a rare contradiction in their long term planning. When Madrid moved to appoint Alonso, they paid Bayer Leverkusen a coaching compensation estimated between 12 and 15 million euros, …

