Ancelotti, the future at Real Madrid and Brazil: scenarios and negotiations

A heavy defeat, the future apparently clear and in reality very uncertain. Let’s talk about Real Madrid and Carlo Ancelotti, a marriage that in two seasons has brought 6 titles but whose stability, never exaggerated given the continuous turbulence that accompanies the coaches at the Casa Blanca, this spring was rather strongly disturbed by the the intrusion of a very charming pretender, the Brazilian Football Federation.

Words words

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After Madrid’s victory in the King’s Cup, Florentino closed every speech: “I don’t want to hear about it anymore, Ancelotti stays with us”. At the same time, however, in Brazil Ednaldo Rodrigues, the chatty president of the CBF, had other ideas: “It’s useless to hide, Carlo Ancelotti is our candidate for the position of coach of the national team”.

Buitre’s dribbles

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Caught between two fires, Carlo shoots balls into the stands like a stopper from the 70s. “I want to stay at Madrid. I have a contract and I will leave when they tell me,” he always repeats. Even last night in Manchester the line was the same. And Madrid? Silence at the moment. But the silence can be interpreted: last night Emilio Butragueno, the club’s television spokesman, when asked specifically about Ancelotti’s future, decidedly changed the subject by going off dribbling like when he was playing. He did not respond by confirming Carlo, as President Perez had done in Seville.

Favorable polls

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This obviously did not go unnoticed, and this morning several Spanish newspapers launched online polls asking fans to express themselves on Ancelotti’s continuity. Yes wins. Carlo is much loved, even if he was ferociously criticized for the formation lined up yesterday with City, without Rudiger.

The alternatives

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A feeling of uncertainty remains. The journalists close to Florentino on the night of are equally positioned: on Marca they say that Carlo is staying, from the Chiringuito they attacked him harshly. Uncertainty, dictated above all by the difficulty in finding a possible replacement. We recall that two years ago Carlo returned to the Casa Blanca proposing himself, a candidacy accepted due to lack of alternatives. The number one in the list of succession to the Bernabeu throne until yesterday was Xabi Alonso, but the Bayer Leverkusen coach has withdrawn saying that he will remain in Germany. Pochettino took Chelsea. Nagelsmann has come out badly from Bayern. Zidane left Madrid by sending a letter full of gall to Florentino through the columns of As. Alvaro Arbeloa, a rising star who is doing very well with Madrid’s Juvenil A and a man in Florentino’s son’s stable, still seems immature. Mourinho seems more like a friend of Perez than a candidate.

Brazilian attack

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This is why Ancelotti’s continuity gained strength. But… But it remains to be seen what the Brazilian federation will do. Ednaldo Rodrigues is forced to make the move: he said that Ancelotti is his candidate and that he will think of a plan B only if plan A fails. It is reasonable to expect a definitive attack from the Seleção. Which will force both Florentino and Carlo to come out into the open. Ball to Brazil.