When Real Madrid wants a player, it is almost certainly sure that they?ll get the player to play for them. The prestige with Real Madrid has really made it not to look like a team anyone will want to reject. They have had a lot of records in the past and joining them to also get to put your name into this club as one of the teams you?ve played for during your football career is something to be proud of. This new center back is a good choice and will really help them to strengthen this position in the defence more. We shall see how they perform collectively in their new season with the new head coach.
The journey for some players has not always been smooth as their careers could end early if they do not play according to the coach's wishes, although most are very keen to play for Real Madrid. There is a lot of work to be done next season by the new coach and the defense is a crucial issue that needs to be addressed immediately because throughout the season we have seen how easy it has been for opponents to break through Real Madrid's goal this season. Xabi Alonso understands the philosophy of Real Madrid because he came from there, but it is not easy to make quick changes and I am sure it will take time for him.
Truly xabi Alonso has a lot of work to do in this real Madrid side because they are far inferior in terms of team play as they were when Toni Kross was still at the club, and one of the major reason they declined so much in form and quality of play is because they fail to replace Toni Kross when he left the club with another top quality anchor midfielder.
Just take a look at this real Madrid side, they no longer has that midfielder conductor that dictate the tempo of their game, and if you look at all top team in the world, they all have that player in their team, so since Toni Kross left, it hasn't been easy for them because they are not doing fine as expected, so the first job of xabi Alonso is to replace Toni Kross with a top quality anchor midfielder that has the capacity to dictate play against any opposition in this real Madrid team, then as for their defense, I think that he has less work to do, because if he can replace Toni Kross very well, the anchor midfielder will make the job very easy for the defender's, because they wouldn't be under too much pressure all the time.
Xabi Alonso will have a lot to do, but I don't think that with a club like Real Madrid he will have problems on the transfer market, when Florentino Perez speaks the purchase is made, always, so on this the coach can be very calm and manage as he wants the new market grafts that he will propose to the club, you are right there are changes to be made in the team, some of those players are old and need to be replaced even if they are still great players