According to a report by “The Athletic”, Carlo Ancelotti is said to have agreed with Real Madrid orally about the modalities for his premature end. Ancelotti’s departure is expected to be officially confirmed in the Spanish football league before the end of the season.
As the US sports portal reported, it could be so far after Clásico this Sunday with the leaders FC Barcelona. The game among the Catalans could be decisive in the fight for the title in Primera División. Barça leads with four points in the table in front of defending champion Real. Then there are three more game days.
Permanent speculation about Ancelotti’s future
Ex-Real professional Xabi Alonso is traded as the hottest successor candidate, whose contract is considered a chief coach at Bayer 04 Leverkusen for another year. The main negotiating point between Ancelotti and the club managers of the royal should be the severance payment that the 65-year-old Italian calls for because he should leave real before the end of the contract. His working paper is valid like that of Alonso until the end of June next year.
There have been speculation for weeks for the departure of Ancelotti this summer. According to the media, he is said to have agreed orally with the Brazilian association to take over the permanently crising national team and to look after the World Cup next year. At the beginning of June, the new coach of the record world champion should look after the team at the two upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
Real threatens Titellose season
Ancelotti himself recently emphasized that he would not talk about his future before May 25th – it is the last matchday in Spain. After some successes in his second term at Real, including two Champions League triumphs, things are only moderate this season. Real was eliminated in the European master class in the quarter -finals against FC Arsenal and lost in the national cup final and in the final of the Supercopa against the arch -rival from Barcelona.