Calm Mode Activated: Arbeloa's Quiet Plan to Steady Real Madrid

Calm First, Then the Tactics

Alvaro Arbeloa seems to begin his Real Madrid chapter with a different approach, placing calm at the top of his priorities to ease the echoes of a previous era marked by tension and internal division.

Valverde’s Role Reimagined

The first signs of this shift appeared in how the coach handles Federico Valverde, one of the team's standout players who was most affected by the forced roles in recent times.

According to Marca, Arbeloa does not intend to keep relying on Valverde as a right-back when Dani Carvajal and Trent Alexander-Arnold are absent, contrary to what had happened in the past.

The newspaper stressed that Valverde does not like playing in that position, and that the new coach's priority is to ease tension in the locker room and avoid assigning roles that players do not accept.

Marca notes that Arbeloa, known for his strong faith in the academy, sees the logical solution in the absence of the default full-backs as leaning on the academy's young talents.

This approach sits within a broader effort to restore harmony to the squad after Xabi Alonso's departure.

The article frames Arbeloa's plan as part of a wider push to restore balance in the squad after Alonso's exit.

Overall, it is a quiet plan with a loud message: patience pays off, even in football.

Punchline: If calm were a tactic, Arbeloa would be a sniper—quiet but deadly with vibes.

Punchline: And if patience were a pass, Real Madrid would never misplace the ball.