Within a destitute squad, Real Madrid has several players on whom it is becoming difficult to count. Among them, David Alaba. The Austrian central defender is coming off yet another failed match, this time against Albacete (Spanish D2), and now sees his future being written far from the Spanish capital.
Nothing is going well at Real Madrid. While he was supposed to launch a new virtuous cycle at the Merengues, a club in which he spent 5 seasons as a player, Xabi Alonso failed to last longer than… six months. Arriving just before the start of the Club World Cup, the native of Tolosa was dismissed after the defeat in the final of the Spanish Super Cup against FC Barcelona on January 11. At the same time, management took the decision to entrust the position to Alvaro Arbeloa, who was thus promoted from reserve coach to first team coach. And his first, in fact, he completely missed. For its second King’s Cup match this season, Real Madrid failed against Albacete and was directly the laughing stock of the media. Among the players singled out, we find in particular David Alaba, who entered the pitch shortly after the hour mark.
And despite all the experience he has and the talent we know he has, David Alaba failed to prevent Albacete’s two goals which allowed the modest Spanish D2 club to eliminate the great Real Madrid. At the end of his contract next June, the Austrian central defender is clearly no longer unanimous within the club, even though he has the third highest salary in the squad behind Kylian Mbappé and Vinicius Junior. And according to a report from Spain, his departure could well be hasty.
David Alaba, cible d’un cado turc
Indeed, according to information from EstradioDeportivo, David Alaba is more than ever pushed towards the exit. Real Madrid would not be against getting rid of him since he does not meet the objectives. Considering that a sale this winter would be very complicated, the idea of a loan emerged. The Spanish media indicates in this sense that the Turkish club Besiktas has shown a real interest in the Austrian. The technical staff of the Istanbul club believes that it can allow the team to take a step forward to try to grab a few places towards the top of the ranking. Given that he cannot cover the entire salary, Besiktas management expects Real Madrid to agree to pay part of his emoluments to make the operation feasible.
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In other words, it would take an effort from both sides to see David Alaba leave Real Madrid this winter. A state of affairs which remains quite improbable at the moment, but in football, everything can happen very, very quickly.
