But Carlo Ancelotti has turned things around and puts Los Blancos at the top of the table, but that hasn’t changed their plans for his job.
Ancelotti has a contract until 2026 and, if everything goes well in the second half of the season, he will be retained for next season. If results had not improved by November (he was expected to beat Girona or be fired, for example, according to Relevo), then Los Blancos intended to replace him with Santiago Solari until the end of the season. They would then have called on Xabi Alonso, the coach of Bayer Leverkusen, this summer.
Alonso targeted
However, Alonso is still in the race to replace Ancelotti. The same media reports that Alonso is happy to wait for Ancelotti to leave to take over. The Basque coach is happy at Leverkusen and would also see his contract end until 2026, when the Blancos will come calling on him. He is in no hurry to take over. If Ancelotti wins the Champions League or La Liga this season, he will see out his contract, and if not, Alonso will take over.
After Alonso turned down offers from Liverpool and Bayern Munich to take over last summer, it seemed obvious that he would look to join Real Madrid at some point. Alonso enjoyed success in both of his coaching roles at Leverkusen and Real Sociedad B, but began his coaching career as Under-19 coach at Real Madrid.
