Production at the end of May
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Longer than the reporting on speculation and the background between Real Madrid’s current coach Carlo Ancelotti and the Brazilian football association (here can be the last stand), only those about the return of Leverkusen’s coach Xabi Alonso to the royal. According to current reports from Spain, the latter could now be ended promptly-according to this, the Spaniard will sign a contract by 2028 in his ex-club, and an official announcement is planned for the end of May.
The newspaper “Marca” reports on Friday. Accordingly, Alonso will also take the Argentinian and standard coach Sebastián Parrilla, with whom he started together at Bayer in October 2022, as well as another coach from his current staff at Bayer 04 to Madrid. The start for the Alonso engagement in the Spanish state capital will only take place after the club World Cup, which takes place in the summer, in which Real, an early departure Ancelotti, is to be coached by Santiago Solari.
Real and Ancelotti are said to have decided to go separate paths after the Champions League off against Arsenal. Master coach Alonso, who still has a contract at Bayer until 2026, had recently changed questions about his future. In the early afternoon, the 43-year-old will speak in Leverkusen at the game day press conference (2 p.m.) before the game against Borussia Dortmund on Sunday.
While Alonso’s term in office increased its squad value from 470 million to currently 644 million euros and provides the most valuable Bundesliga team according to Bayern (859 million). This was not only due to high investments, since 138 million were spent on newcomers during this period and players left the club for EUR 101 million. In a good two and a half years under Alonso, Bayer overtook BVB (436 million) and RB Leipzig (511 million) sporty and in terms of squad value.