Carlo Ancelotti has made an agreement with Real Madrid about the conditions of his departure. The Italian is expected to take on the role of the Brazilian manager this summer.
Ancelotti flirted with the opportunity to take over the Brazil job for some time, and Madrid’s Early Champions League exit in combination with what many would consider to be a signing league season after signing Kylian Mbappe, made a second departure from Santiago Bernabeu.
However, there were complications regarding the details of his exit, details, as reported by The athletethat have now been solved. The main problem surrounded the cover of Ancelotti’s salary for the rest of his contract, which lasts until 2026.
Madrid is now expected to announce the departure of the 65-year-old immediately, although the official confirmation will probably arrive against the league leader Barcelona after the important Clasico. Los Blancos must certainly win in Catalonia to keep her weak title hopes alive, and Barca has a lead with four games with four games.
Brazil had set a deadline on May 20 to hire a new trainer who had questioned Ancelotti’s appointment how conversations with Madrid were stable at the conditions of his exit. However, the oral agreement of the Italian with Madrid should enable him that he is responsible for their qualification games for 2026 in June against Ecuador and Paraguay for Brazil. The Italian is expected to sign a contract with the Brazilian Football Association, in which he will be responsible until the end of the World Cup cycle next year.
Since Ancelotti goes at the end of the season, Madrid has to act relatively quickly to stop a successor because the world championship used in mid-June begins. Xabi Alonso is the current favorite that takes over the job after he has led Bayer Leverkusen through a historical season 2023/24, but Madrid could also consider the current director of the Santiago Solari football as an interim.