Real Madrid want Xabi Alonso in place as their new manager in time for the start of next month's Club World Cup.Sources say the plan is for Alonso, 43, to travel to Madrid on 1 June to prepare the team for their first game of the inaugural Fifa tournament on 18 June against Saudi side Al-Hilal in Miami.

Real Madrid intend to make use of the new transfer window open in June ahead of the Club World Cup, as they look to assault the first edition of the reformed tournament with a new manager and

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