David Alaba To Leave Real Madrid At End Of Season 

Real Madrid defender David Alaba will leave the club upon the expiration of his contract in the summer.

The 33-year-old will end his five-year stay at the Bernabeu, where he has won nine trophies including two La Liga titles and two Champions Leagues.

The Athletic reported in December that Alaba was expected to leave the club, a year after Madrid moved to bring in a left-back and a centre-back Alaba’s primary two positions in Alvaro Carreras from Benfica for €50million (£43.3m; $57.9m) and Dean Huijsen from Bournemouth for £50m last summer.

The Austria captain has made 15 appearances this season, and just four starts in La Liga, having yet again sustained an injury-hit season with two separate spells out. Antonio Rudiger, Huijsen, Eder Militao and Raul Asencio are among the centre-backs favoured ahead of him.

News of Alaba’s departure comes after Madrid also announced that captain Dani Carvajal will leave the club as a free agent when his deal expires this summer.

Alaba joined Madrid as a free agent from Bayern Munich in the summer of 2021. Injuries have been a common theme throughout his time in Spain and he only managed 30 league games in one season, his first. He has made 129 Madrid appearances, and won La Liga and the Champions League twice each during his five-year stay.