Potential Successor to Real Madrid Coach Ancelotti Revealed: Alvaro Arbeloa or Xabi Alonso?

Who can sit on the royal coaching bench in the future?

The real coach Carlo Ancelotti (64) will leave his coaching position in Madrid before the summer of 2026 at the latest. There is already speculation about his successor. Hot name: former star Xabi Alonso (43/two years left on his contract at Leverkusen).

But now suddenly a completely different candidate has been announced.

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Former Real star Alvaro Arbeloa (41) is currently in his second season as coach of Real’s youth team. The Spaniard is highly valued there and is well known. He is also familiar with the club and played 238 competitive games for the Madrilenians from 2009 to 2016.

Oscar Ribot, Arbeloa’s agent, recently said: “He wants to be the coach of Real Madrid and he has everything to achieve that.”

And later: “He has the values ​​of the club, loyalty, professionalism, hunger and he understands that in a white club you always have to win and fight for the highest level. This DNA is in his blood, so I have no doubt that one day he will be on the bench at the Santiago Bernabeu. “

The future is coming True– Trainers from your own ranks?

Retrospective: At the beginning of January, Ancelotti surprisingly extended his working paper at Real until 2026. The Italian was considered a hot candidate to coach the Brazilian national team. Then the change of course.

Ancelotti still has two years left on his contract. But: It is very possible that Xabi Alonso (43) will be available next year. The Spaniard won the championship with Leverkusen this year and will remain in the Bundesliga for at least one more season. And next summer? According to reports, Alonso would only leave the Werkself for one of his three previous clubs (Real, Liverpool or Bayern).

Will Real attack Alonso in the future? Or will the Spaniards stick with their young coaches? The European coach carousel remains exciting…