
Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso admitted that he could take inspiration from the way that Carlo Ancelotti deployed Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo together for Brazil.
The South American wingers routinely operated on opposite flanks under Ancelotti while the Italian was in charge of Real Madrid. However, Rodrygo publicly expressed his frustrations with getting shunted around the pitch to accommodate Madrid’s other star players, leading to a summer mired in transfer speculation.