An absolutely deserved elimination in the quarterfinals of the Champions League seemed to have determined Carlo Ancelotti's future as manager of Real Madrid.
The Italian has a contract until the summer of 2026, but everything suggests that the end of a great era in Madrid is approaching - according to Sky Sports, Ancelotti will leave the giant in less than 10 days.
It is being pointed out that club president Florentino Perez will dismiss Ancelotti immediately after the conclusion of the Copa del Rey final against Barcelona, which will be played on April 26th.
Real Madrid are attacking the cup and whether they win it or not - it is expected to be Carleto's last match in his second term in the Spanish capital, which means that he will not even be the coach in mid-May when the league's "El Clasico" is scheduled, probably crucial in the championship race.
Insiders close to Real Madrid are saying that Ancelotti is leaving, the only dilemma that remains is whether it will be by the end of this month or at the end of the season - it also seems certain that Xabi Alonso will succeed him, although the name of Jurgen Klopp has also surfaced today...
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Ancelotti returned to Real Madrid in June 2021 when, to the surprise of many, he received an invitation from Perez, after being rejected by Massimiliano Allegri.
Don Carlo then terminated his contract with Everton for Real Madrid - a year later he won the European Championship, and last year another, the 15th in total for Real in the club's history.
Real Madrid did conquer the Old Continent last season, showing that they are the best when it is needed most, but the summer that followed did not have the transfer window that was expected. Nor did they have the expected January transfer window...
The entire campaign was mostly about Kylian Mbappe finally wearing the "Blancos" jersey, so Ancelotti didn't get a worthy replacement for Toni Kroos, who ended his career, or for Eder Militao or Dani Carvajal, who ended their season due to injuries in October and November of last year...
The epilogue of all this is that since the beginning of the season, Real Madrid has had a lot of problems, defeats, and poor performances on all fronts, which were sometimes "hidden" by the individual quality of Mbappe, Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham, or Thibaut Courtois, and then they ran into Arsenal, which had enough virtues to bring all the European champions' flaws to the surface.
And what about Ancelotti's future? The talk of taking over the Brazilian national team is reportedly back in the news, with Spanish media claiming that a representative of the country's Football Association watched the match with Arsenal live on Wednesday.
It seems that a new round of negotiations is coming, which this time could be much simpler. Because Ancelotti was close to joining the "Carioca" this summer, but then the final decision to stay in Madrid was made by Perez himself by activating the option to continue cooperation.
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