Euro Leagues: What next for Real Madrid?

Football Daily

BBC

Sports, Soccer

4.3 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

What next for Real Madrid after Xabi Alonso's sacking? Steve Crossman is joined by Guillem Balague, Julien Laurens and James Horncastle to discuss all of the fallout from the Spanish capital and where Real Madrid go from here. Who might they look at to replace him? Rafa Honigstein drops by to talk about the Jurgen Klopp links - could the German really be heading for Madrid? Elsewhere, they look at the rivalry in the French capital after Paris FC knocked out PSG in the Coupe de France - could this be Marseille and Robert De Zerbi's year? They also take a look at the Serie A title race - can Napoli or Milan catch Inter? And with the AFCON final this weekend, will it be Senegal or Morocco who triumph?

TIME CODES:

00:40 - Real Madrid sack Xabi Alonso 29:00 - Paris FC knock out PSG from the Coupe de France 38:50 - Serie A 44:00 - AFCON Final

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts.
0:05.7	Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I'm Ed Gamble, host of another BBC podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked.
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0:22.2	from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffle and Rommashranganathan.
0:25.9	However, and maybe I'm biased, it's really all about the traitors uncloked.
0:30.3	So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds.
0:35.7	On the Football Daily podcast, the Euroleagues with Steve Crossman.
0:42.2	It's time for the Euroleagues.
0:44.1	We are going to discuss Javi Alonzo leaving his position as head coach of Rail Madrid.
0:49.2	What next for him?
0:50.1	What next for the club?
0:51.1	Could Juergen Klopp end up at the Berner Beaux?
1:10.8	Then we'll reflect on how Paris FC knocked Paris Saint-German out of the Cup and whether Napoli's title defence is just starting to slip. We've got the Athletics, James Holmcastle. We've got ESPN, Julienne LaRont, and we've got Guillain Balagay. Good evening, everybody. Good evening.
1:17.9	How are we? All right? All good? Yeah. Yeah. Very good. Good. Well, I think we should just jump right in because it's,
1:23.8	you know how people always say it's a packed show? This is genuinely a packed show. And I feel like it's going to take some time to unpack Rail Madrid. So I'm just going to do the statement, Guillem, first, that they're released. So for those that don't know, they lost 3-2 to Barcelona in the Super Cup. Alonzo gone. In comes Alvaro are below her and promptly starts by getting knocked out of the cup by Alba Thetae last night, which we will talk about. But this is what Rail Madrid said.
1:48.2	We wish to announce that by mutual agreement between the club and Jabby Alonzo,
1:52.2	it's been decided to bring his time as first team coach to an end.
1:57.0	Jabby Alonzo will always carry the affection and admiration of Madridistas because he is a Real Madrid legend and always represented the values of our club.
2:03.2	Rail will always be his home.
2:06.0	Okay, I'm hearing a lot of mutual agreements here, Guillaume.
2:10.0	I'm hearing a lot of he has left his position.
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