“The favorite to replace Ancelotti is Xabi Alonso. He should take over the team from next season,” he writes on his website Radio Marca. The famous and successful Italian coach only has a contract until the end of May 2024 and should then move to the Brazilian national team.
Real Madrid is therefore logically looking for a replacement ahead of time. Xabi Alonso appears to be the ideal candidate. As a player, he was at the Santiago Bernabéu between 2009 and 2014, winning the title and the Champions League with the Madrid giants. After ending his active career, he started his coaching career in the Real youth team.
Subsequently, he headed to Real Sociedad’s reserve team and from October 2022 he leads the Bundesliga club Leverkusen, where three Czech representatives Matěj Kovář, Adam Hložek and Patrik Schick also work. Despite the unsuccessful start of the engagement, Leverkusen got into the European Cup and in the current season is at the top of the table with the same point gain as Bayern Munich.
“Leverkusen plays an active way of playing with short passes and quick transitions forward. Coach Alonso put the team together really well, in some ways he reminds me of Pep Guardiola during his time at Bayern. The players have to enjoy it,” praised expert David Jarolím in Echo of the Bundesliga on Sport.cz.
It would be a big challenge for the forty-one-year-old coach, because following Ancelotti will not be easy for anyone. The 64-year-old Italian has been on the Real Madrid bench since July 2021, with him he was able to conquer the Champions League, the Spanish and European Super Cups, the Club World Cup and the domestic La Liga.
2023-09-26 11:07:52
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