{"id":24159,"date":"2026-05-15T20:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/24159\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T20:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:45:14","slug":"kylian-mbappe-makes-xabi-alonso-feelings-clear-amid-real-madrid-chaos-and-chelsea-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/24159\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbappe makes Xabi Alonso feelings clear amid Real Madrid chaos and Chelsea decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kylian Mbappe has tipped the former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso to become a “great coach” in the future, seemingly sticking up for his old manager, who was fired in January\"Kylian<\/p>\n

Kylian Mbappe and Xabi Alonso during a game between Olympiacos and Real Madrid(Image: Alex Pantling – UEFA via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Real Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappe has praised Xabi Alonso, the former Liverpool midfielder, for his ability as a coach, despite him being fired by the La Liga giant earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Alonso took over from Carlo Ancelotti but only lasted a few months. Real Madrid<\/a> has since ended the season trophyless, and its president, Florentino Perez, made some bizarre statements in a press conference<\/a> a few days ago, in which he accused the media of having an agenda against him, among other things.<\/p>\n

Mbappe, though, says Alonso was doing a good job. The Frenchman believes that he will go on to become a good coach elsewhere, with Chelsea hoping to bring him to Stamford Bridge<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n

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“We had a structure in our game, and we lost it \u2014 that hurts a lot,” Mbappe told Spanish media after Real Madrid beat Real Oviedo on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“I had a great relationship with Xabi Alonso<\/a>. He is going to become a great coach, but that is now in the past. We have to look forward.<\/p>\n

“We did not win titles and that hurts because we showed we were capable of much more. We all share responsibility and we have to change this.”<\/p>\n

\"Mbappe<\/p>\n

Mbappe has made his feelings clear(Image: Jose Breton\/Pics Action\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Mbappe was jeered by the Real Madrid fans when he was introduced as a substitute. Vinicius Jr, Gonzalo Garcia and Franco Mastantuono started ahead of the 27-year-old in attack for Alvaro Arbeloa.<\/p>\n

He later insisted that he is “very happy” at Real Madrid, but things have not gone to plan for Mbappe<\/a> since leaving PSG. Favoring the same role as Vinicius at the Bernabeu, the team looks imbalanced.<\/p>\n

“I haven’t played because for the coach I’ve been the fourth striker in the squad behind Mastantuono, Vini and Gonzalo,” Mbappe explained.<\/p>\n

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“I was ready to start, but it’s his (manager Arbeloa’s) decision, and it always has to be respected.<\/p>\n

“I have no problem at all with Arbeloa. You have to accept the coach’s philosophy and I have to do better to play ahead of Vini, Gonzalo and Mastantuono.”<\/p>\n

Liverpool.com says: Alonso is clearly a very talented coach, but that is exactly why he needs to choose his next role wisely. Amid a lack of other options, the Premier League<\/a> appears to be the logical next step. Going to Chelsea, though, would be a huge risk.<\/p>\n

The Stamford Bridge side operates in a specific way and even if he is told that things will change in the future, it would be a gamble to move to West London this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbappe has tipped the former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso to become a “great coach” in the future,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3195,557,2991,82,1643,1248],"class_list":{"0":"post-24159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-chelsea-fc","9":"tag-kylian-mbappe","10":"tag-liverpool-fc","11":"tag-madrid","12":"tag-real-madrid-cf","13":"tag-xabi-alonso"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}