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Who will be Real Madrid coach next season? This is a question that seems very difficult to answer today. Carlo Ancelotti is under contract until 2026, but the Spanish press seemed unanimous in saying that this 2024/2025 financial year would be his last adventure on the Santiago Bernabéu bench. At the same time, in Madrid, everyone was convinced that Xabi Alonso would become the new Merengue coach in the summer of 2025.
As for the persistent rumor about a return of Zinedine Zidane, it was quickly denied by the pro-Madrid media in recent weeks. If we use the past tense, it means that things have changed in recent days, as indicated Relevo. Not for the French tactician, who is not an option for the Madrid management currently, but for the Italian and for the Spaniard.
Ancelotti, far from leaving
Indeed, the media tells us that Ancelotti’s departure is far from being a certainty. The Italian would be delighted to lead the team for another year, and the Merengue management should not fire him, especially if there are major titles gleaned in the second half of the season. Everything will therefore partly depend on the team’s results, but his relationship with the management is ideal and no one internally is questioning his work despite some difficulties in the first part of the season.
Which therefore significantly cools the Xabi Alonso option. The former midfielder was the number 1 option of the Madrid staff for next summer, and he remains the favorite, but everything indicates that his arrival in 2026 should now happen in 2026. Not sad news for him, who is happy in Leverkusen and who is clearly ready to wait. Carletto should therefore still lead the band of Vinicius Jr and Kylian Mbappé next season.
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