He is one of the most titled and respected coaches on the Planet Football, a real institution on the bench of the largest European clubs. Carlo Ancelotti, the man with the five champions leagues, embodies success and serene management. However, despite its aura and a long record like the arm, a prestigious adventure rich in emotions would touch its end imminently. According to concordant and increasingly insistent information, the outcome is close, sealed by recent results and the immutable laws of very high level football. For “Don Carlo”, the departure time would have come.
What is “finished”, or about to be his second term as Real Madrid's principal coach. According to information from the very serious British media The Athletica departure from the Italian (65) after the current season is now “expected”. Even if his contract officially runs until June 2026 and he publicly linked his fate to a club decision, behind the scenes would be agitated and his departure would be almost acted. The end of an era takes shape at Casa Blanca.
Ancelotti on an ejectable seat
How to explain this announced departure of a coach who brought two champions leagues to the club since his return in 2021? The answer is, as often in Madrid, in the famous “law of the result”. The current season, marked by an early and painful elimination in the quarterfinals of C1 against Arsenal, and a Liga where Real points to Barça (with a match less, certainly), is deemed disappointing. The possible victory in the King's Cup (final against Barça on April 26) would not be enough to save the head of Ancelotti, whose credit seems exhausted after this halftime exercise.
Ancelotti and the Real bench, end this summer?
What future now for “Carlito”? Still according to The Athleticits most likely destination is the Brazilian selection, which made it the “dream of its president” to lead the Seleção to the 2026 World Cup. The discussions would even be “advanced”, even if Ancelotti has other options, including staying in Madrid in another role. Meanwhile, Real does not waste time to prepare for the succession: as mentioned for months, Xabi Alonso, the former club player and current successful coach of Leverkusen, is in “pole position” to take over on the bench this summer.
It is therefore a glorious chapter in the history of Real Madrid that is about to close. The announced departure of Carlo Ancelotti, even if he may seem sad for such a legend, seems inevitable in view of the season and the club's desire to launch a new cycle, embodied by Xabi Alonso. A page turns, confirming once again that even the greatest coaches are never eternal in the face of Real Madrid requirements.
