Significant changes are planned outside the field, the most important concerning the coach position.
It is acquired that Real Madrid will separate from Carlo Ancelotti at the end of the season, after a disappointing 2024-25 season-and that the Clasico of this weekend would be won by Barcelona. And the big favorite to replace the Italian is the current coach of Bayer Leverkusen, Xabi Alonso, who is in the crosshairs of the Santiago Bernabéu resident club for a long time.
Real Madrid will appoint Xabi Alonso to replace Carlo Ancelotti
The Alonso transfer to Real's transfer process should not be a problem. The Bundesliga club has already started to identify replacements, and one of them is also within Real Madrid.
Bayer Leverkusen plans to replace Alonso with a Real Madrid coach.
As Cope reports, one of the options chosen by Leverkusen for the coach position is Alvaro Arbeloa. Real Madrid U19 coach had an excellent season at the head of the club, and we hoped that he would be promoted to Real Madrid Castilla, where he would replace Raul Gonzalez. But a transfer to Germany could be envisaged.
Real Madrid attaches great importance to Arbeloa, who is considered a future coach of the first team. According to some sources, he has already received a Leverkusen proposal, which has been taken into account. Despite the threat of a departure, club leaders would be confident about maintaining the 42-year-old, who would take up his duties at La Castilla from the 2025-26 season.
