With Xabi Alonso’s appointment as their new manager set to be made official imminently, Real Madrid are busy at work to finalise key signings for the manager before the FIFA Club World Cup next

Xabi Alonso has a 'fetish' for Martin Zubimendi and as 'nothing is signed' with Arsenal, the Gunners could be about to feel the pulling power of Real Madrid.

Former Bayern Munich midfielder Xabi Alonso made his bones as a coach at Bayer Leverkusen and is now expected to take over at Real Madrid. The crafty ex-player might already be throwing his weight around in the transfer game as he wants Bournemouth center-back Dean Huijsen per transfer expert Fabrizio Romano:

Real Madrid, if they were not already in it, were launched into planning mode by defeat in El Clasico on Sunday, ending their slim hopes of retaining La Liga this season. Carlo Ancelotti has already

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