Marca: Alonso was once regarded as a candidate for the first-team coach of the Imperial Society, but the then coach s record was too outstanding

This Saturday, Real Madrid will play against Real Sociedad away. Coach Alonso returns to Arnorta Stadium as Real Madrid coach three years later, and he was previously regarded as a candidate for Real Sociedad's first-team coach.

After leaving Real Sociedad three years, Alonso will return to Arnoetta Stadium as Real Madrid head coach. He had coached the reserve team for three seasons before. He originally planned to promote him to first-team coach, but due to Arguyasir's outstanding performance, this change did not happen. The club did not say goodbye to him completely at that time, but expressed his wish to return in the future. However, given Alonso's current brilliant record, his return seems unlikely.

In the summer of 2019, Real Sociedad hired Alonso as the second team coach, and in the same year, Alguyasir began to take charge of the first team. Alonso successfully coached the Junior A team at Real Madrid and decided to take a new step in his coaching career and return to his hometown to take over Real Sociedad B team. It is generally believed that coaching the second team is a transitional stage to the first team. But Arguyasir won the King's Cup shortly after taking office and qualified for European competitions for five consecutive times, one of which was in the UEFA Champions League.

Despite this, Alonso also achieved remarkable achievements in his second season, leading Real Sociedad B to return to the second division after 60 years. However, Alguyasir continued to meet in 2025 after finishing fifth, which led Alonso to eventually leave his beloved club. The club issued a particularly touching statement when announcing Alonso's departure, using "goodbye" instead of "farewell" and said the club's doors are always open to him.

When Alonso signed with Leverkusen, many still hoped that he would return one day. However, his outstanding performance in Germany directly brought him to the coaching position of Real Madrid, and during this period, there were also news that Liverpool and Bayern were interested in him. When Alguyasir's tenure seemed to be over a few months ago, Alonso was remembered again. However, it seems that the possibility of him coaching Real Sociedad is slimmer than ever, at least in the short term.

This Saturday, Alonso will return to Arnota Stadium as the visiting coach, hoping to achieve a different result from the last time. Last summer, he led Leverkusen to a friendly match and lost here, but the team started a remarkable winning streak, eventually winning the Bundesliga title and reaching the UEFA Cup final.