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Xabi Alonso has made his feelings connected 5 Real Madrid stars precise wide pursuing the club's disappointing FIFA Club World Cup campaign.
It was acold from the debut tourney Alonso would person been expecting astatine Real Madrid, with hopes of salvaging an underwhelming play falling level astatine the semi-final stage.
Madrid's nonaccomplishment to triumph the Club World Cup was made adjacent much damning considering the signings of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dean Huijsen up of the tournament.
Alonso's broadside were dumped retired successful embarrassing manner by Champions League holders PSG, arsenic the Parisians ran distant 4-0 winners with 3 coming successful the opening 25 minutes.
With conscionable 28 days until Madrid's opener against Osasuna, Alonso has made his players hyper-aware of their roles successful the squad, and 5 stars person been sent large warnings.
According to MARCA, the Spaniard has informed Rodrygo, Raúl Asencio, Andriy Lunin, Fran García, and Ferland Mendy that their minutes are successful the squad are successful jeopardy.
Rodrygo connected the seat during the FIFA Club World Cup (credit: getty)
Brahim Diaz has besides been informed helium volition proceed to beryllium utilized arsenic a substitute, the study claims the players are utilizing their abbreviated abrogation to measure their spot astatine the nine and measurement up their options.
Rodrygo successful peculiar volition beryllium 1 to watch, with Liverpool amongst the Premier League clubs funny successful the Brazilian.
What Xabi Alonso said pursuing the Club World Cup
"Today it hurts and our level wasn't bully enough," helium told the media astatine full-time.
“Going 2-0 down aboriginal connected is simply a conditioning factor. We wanted to play an aggravated crippled and aft that you look it successful a antithetic way.
"More than the region betwixt the 2 teams is the borderline we person to improve. It's the extremity of this play and not the commencement of the next.
"We’ll instrumentality the positives from this Club World Cup period. We're leaving arsenic a amended team.
“We haven't talked astir it during the Club World Cup, but from present connected we're unfastened to making improvements. We are ever looking to amended and there's country for improvement," helium added.
