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Two summer arrivals at La Liga giants Real Madrid are primed to step back into the club’s starting XI to face Olympique Marseille.
That’s according to Marca, who point towards Trent Alexander-Arnold and Franco Mastantuono as the pair in question.
Both defender Alexander-Arnold and midfielder Mastantuono were forced to watch on from the bench this past weekend.
This came as Xabi Alonso instead opted for Dani Carvajal and Brahim Díaz to feature from the off in Real Madrid’s La Liga trip to Real Sociedad.
As alluded to above, though, next time out, in Los Blancos’ Champions League opener against Marseille, fresh changes are expected.
European football’s most successful-ever club are primed to make the trip to France later today.
And according to **[Marca](https://www.marca.com/futbol/real-madrid/2025/09/15/alineaciones-probables-real-madrid-olympique-marsella.html)**:
‘Trent will be a newcomer at right back and Mastantuano will return to the starting eleven for Brahim.’
Few, if any further alterations are expected on the part of Xabi Alonso.
Conor Laird – GSFN