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ALONSO'S LEFT WITH REAL REGRET
Irish Daily Mirror
|January 14, 2026
XABI ALONSO has admitted that his spell with Real Madrid didn't turn out as "we would have liked" following his exit from the Bernabeu.
The Spaniard was sacked on Monday just a day after the club's Spanish Super Cup defeat to rivals Barcelona.
In a post on Instagram, Alonso said: "This chapter of my career has come to an end, and it hasn't turned out as we would have liked.
This story is from the January 14, 2026 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.
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