Future of Star coach
Ancelotti is said to have already said players what he is doing
Updated on April 29, 2025 – 02:12 a.m.Reading time: 3 min.
After the lost cup final of Real Madrid against FC Barcelona, Carlo Ancelotti’s future is more speculated than ever. A decision should have been made.
According to media reports, star coach Carlo Ancelotti will leave Real Madrid prematurely and take over the Brazilian national football team for one year until the 2026 World Cup. According to information from the “The Athletic” portal, which refers to anonymous sources, the Italian is said to have already informed the players about his planned farewell in the cabin.
The coach is to lead the national team of Brazil to the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico. According to reports, only the signature is missing under the contract.
According to “The Athletic”, the British broadcaster Sky and the transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, the Italian is supposed to look after Seleçao at the international matches in June. In this case, he could no longer train Madrid at the Club World Cup in the USA from June 14 to July 13.
In the evening, the Spanish sports newspaper “Marca” and Romano reported that there should now be a formal agreement between the two sides. Accordingly, only the signature is missing. In the coming hours and days, further discussions are to be held to clarify the details of the separation from Real. With the Brazilian association, according to “The Athletic”, the final trial is planned in the coming week and possibly the contract signature.
After the humiliating 1: 4 in the World Cup qualification, Brazil had separated from Dorival Junior at the archrival Argentina at the end of March. Ancelotti had already been traded as the successor to Tite at the 2022 World Cup after Brazil’s quarter -finals, but the Italian remained with the royal. The World Cup participation is within reach for Brazil, but the deficit to the already qualified leader Argentina is already ten points.
The 65-year-old Ancelotti is still under contract with Real until 2026, his replacement is considered very likely due to the recent setbacks such as the Champions League off in the quarter-finals and the lost cup final against FC Barcelona.
Ancelotti is one of the most successful coaches in real history, but he has not only been criticized by the Madrilenen since the lost cup final against FC Barcelona (2: 3 n. V.). His future is “a topic for the next few weeks, not for today,” said the former Bayern coach on Saturday evening.
Bayer Leverkusen’s master coach Xabi Alonso, who was once active as a player at Real, is acted as the successor. “The Athletic” also reported that the Spaniard was in the “pole position”. Talks are said to have already taken place. Despite his contract until 2026, Alonso has previously avoided a commitment to the WerkelfeF beyond the summer.
German transfer expert Florian Plettenberg reports that an Alonso decision at Bayer Leverkusen is imminent. Accordingly, the master coach of the Rhinelanders wants to inform the association about its future promptly. Leverkusen is therefore already intensifying his efforts to find a successor to the Spaniard.
The current assistant by national coach Julian Nagelsmann, Sandro Wagner, is considered a possible candidate on the post. The former Bayern striker will leave DFB in June, the 37-year-old had already announced. So far, however, it is still open where he is going.
Ancelotti has been training Real since the summer of 2021 and won the Champions League twice with the Madrilenes. From July 2013, he had trained the royal for the first time for two seasons and, among other things, brought the Champions League trophy.