Real Madrid broke ground on their rebuild under Xabi Alonso on Tuesday, after a difficult campaign under Carlo Ancelotti last time round. The Basque manager is expected to make significant changes to

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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.