Real Madrid’s new project under Xabi Alonso is proving to be much more turbulent than anyone could have predicted. Just over six months into his tenure, Alonso has faced a series of ‘finals’ to save his job, all while having to choose from a limited ...

Ter Stegen, who was briefly stripped of the captaincy at Barça amid his injury woes, has played just five games for club and country in 2025 after missing the first four months of the year and a further four-and-a-half months at the start of the current campaign.