Real Madrid veteran feels Arbeloa not being fair to him as relationship grows tense

Real Madrid veteran feels Arbeloa not being fair to him as relationship grows tense

After Real Madrid defeated Alaves 2-1 last night, manager Alvaro Arbeloa, in his post-match press conference, was asked about captain Dani Carvajal and his lack of minutes, and whether he would play the veteran right-back more to help him make it to the World Cup with Spain.

This was after Arbeloa had opted to start Trent Alexander-Arnold at right-back at the Santiago Bernabeu, despite the Englishman starting last week against Bayern Munich and Carvajal not playing a single minute in Munich.

“Well, I have 20 or 23 players, and I think any player at Real Madrid has options to go to the World Cup. If you’ll allow me, I’ll think about what’s best for the team,” Arbeloa said, curtly.

A tense relationship

Now, according to journalist Jorge C Picon, the relationship between Carvajal and Arbeloa has not been good practically from day one after the latter took over the reins of the first team from Xabi Alonso.

The 34-year-old club captain feels that the manager is not being fair and is taking away his chances of making it to the Spain squad for the FIFA World Cup in the summer.