Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso believes Kylian Mbappé is playing with an added intensity this season as he bids to right the wrongs of his debut campaign.Despite netting 44 goals across all competitions,

Xabi Alonso has delivered an update on Rodrygo's future at Real Madrid. The 24-year-old winger, who has been strongly linked with a switch to the Premier League this summer, was an unused substitute in Los Blancos' opening game of the new La Liga season on Tuesday evening.

In response, club president Florentino Perez hired Alonso and sanctioned around €180million (£155m; $210.5m) to be spent on new players, including defenders Dean Huijsen, Alvaro Carreras and Trent Alexander-Arnold, along with exciting young Argentine playmaker Franco Mastantuono.

Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso spoke about striker Kylian Mbappé’s motivation ahead of the new season. According to Alonso, after his debut year at the Madrid club the forward is aiming for even better results.

Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso spoke to the media after recording his first La Liga win — a 1-0 triumph over Osasuna on Tuesday night. Alonso was asked about whether this defensive partnership of Eder Militao and Dean Huijsen is the way to go this season,

68' - Special moment at the Bernabeu: Xabi Alonso gives the debut to the 2007 class Franco Mastantuono and, at the same time, marks the return to Liga of Dani Carvajal, who returned after tearing the lateral collateral ligament last October against Villarreal.