Published Monday October 28, 2024 at 11:00 In: Liga.
By Claude Dautel
The Clasico scenario has accelerated Florentino Perez's thinking about the future of Carlo Ancelotti. The Real Madrid boss has already chosen his successor.
The president of Real Madrid looked gloomy on Saturday evening when the referee put an end to Madrid's ordeal against Barça in a Santiago-Bernabeu petrified by the scale of the defeat (0-4). And Florentino Perez is not the type to procrastinate when it comes to making decisions to defend the interests of his club. This Monday, the Spanish sports daily Sport explains that in the wake of the defeat against Barcelona, the Madrid manager confirmed to those around him that he did not wish to keep Carlo Ancelotti after this season, even if the Italian technician extended his contract with Real Madrid until 2026. Florentino Perez believes that his coach has failed to integrate Kylian Mbappé into the locker room and that to change that, he will have to be replaced next summer.
Alonso to replace Ancelotti at Madrid?
To succeed Carlo Ancelotti, the president of Real Madrid has already made his choice, since the Spanish media specifies that Xabi Alonso, the current coach of Bayer Leverkusen, is his top priority. In 2023, when asked about the coaching qualities of the former Spanish defensive midfielder, Ancelotti confided that he was a natural candidate one day for the position of technician of the club whose jersey he wore for five years. The Italian coach probably did not expect that this possibility would perhaps materialize so quickly. Car Sport affirms that Florentino Perez no longer has any doubts on this subject and that he wishes very quickly to be able to lock in the arrival of Xabi Alonso next summer in order to relaunch his team and manage a workforce where the stars are jostling for each other.
