{"id":61082,"date":"2026-07-26T15:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/61082\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T15:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:30:27","slug":"after-real-madrids-trophyless-season-a-disappointing-start-for-arbeloa-at-fulham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/61082\/","title":{"rendered":"After Real Madrid’s trophyless season: a disappointing start for Arbeloa at Fulham"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00c1lvaro Arbeloa is embarking on a coaching adventure with Fulham, following his departure from Real Madrid after a trophyless season.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard lost 2-0 to Norwich City in his first match in charge, and the former Real Madrid coach still has plenty of work ahead of him.<\/p>\n

AS newspaper<\/a> reported: “After the defeat to Norwich, Premier League circles have begun to wonder whether Arbeloa is capable of driving forward a project that seems destined to struggle to survive for another season in the top flight.”<\/p>\n

His path as an elite-level coach has not been easy at all. Real Madrid demand so much that few survive on the bench at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u.<\/p>\n

After a full year without coaching, Arbeloa headed to England to take charge of one of the most storied clubs in the Premier League.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The gulf between the Spanish and English games is stark. The physical side dominates over the tactical, and the style of play is more direct and vertical than in Spain.<\/p>\n

Now, after that first defeat and less than a month before the Premier League kicks off, urgency is showing on the banks of the Thames. Fulham must act to strengthen the squad and give it a fresh look.<\/p>\n

During spells of his time in Madrid, Arbeloa proved he could give Los Blancos an identity of their own, before everything ultimately collapsed.<\/p>\n

But the building process will not be easy, and the tests awaiting the Spaniard will reveal to the world the true mettle he is made of.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AS concluded: “Only time will tell whether Arbeloa will succeed in this adventure, or whether he will once again fall from the back of a horse he was never able to control.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00c1lvaro Arbeloa is embarking on a coaching adventure with Fulham, following his departure from Real Madrid after a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[701,7236,82,100,83],"class_list":["post-61082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-a-arbeloa","tag-fulham","tag-madrid","tag-premier-league","tag-real-madrid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61082","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=61082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}