Neither Xabi Alonso nor Mourinho: Real Madrid Tempts Another Top Coach for Ancelotti

One of the sagas that Real Madrid seems obliged to solve for the upcoming seasons is installed on the home bench at Santiago Bernabéu. Because Carlo Ancelotti's contract is approaching its final year... and the position in which the Reggiolo coach finds himself is not exactly very stable.

The criticisms of the poor play that the first team has shown this season, his pupils, have made many place the Italian strategist far from Real Madrid for the next season. For now, in the Valdebebas offices, they reiterate their commitment and trust in Ancelotti himself, but they do not hide that they are already looking for his successor in this very important role.

In this context, the best positioned so far to take that position was Xabi Alonso. The Bayer Leverkusen coach also ends his contract in the summer of 2026, which would enable his arrival as a free agent in the Spanish capital... and a direct transition with Carlo Ancelotti himself at the helm of the Madrid first team.

But according to 'TBR Football' information, those carefully orchestrated plans by the white leadership could be at risk. This English website reveals that Real Madrid might have approached one of the most successful coaches of recent decades, now away from the benches, to sign him immediately.

Another Name for the Debate

'TBR Football' points to Jürgen Klopp as another target for Real Madrid in the bench dilemma and the succession of Carlo Ancelotti. The English page indicates that the Madrid bosses would be discussing that possibility, given that the incorporation of Xabi Alonso is not proving to be as easy as it seemed.

It is not the first time that Real Madrid has shown interest in Jürgen Klopp. The German coach has forged a successful career in the European soccer elite, leading clubs like Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool, and has always been a reference. That's why Real Madrid would want to have his name as another alternative in the succession of Carlo Ancelotti on the home bench at Santiago Bernabéu this very summer.

Jürgen Klopp has been coming in and out of the white team's list of potential candidates. His first thorough arrival occurred in the summer of 2018, when Zinédine Zidane decided to leave the first team after two and a half years of relentless and fast-paced winning. The same happened in the summer of 2021, when Zidane himself left, this time on worse terms, from the home bench at Santiago Bernabéu.

It was then that Carlo Ancelotti appeared, through a phone call, to fill that vacancy caused by his former assistant coach. The second stage of the Reggiolo coach at the helm of Real Madrid is slowly coming to an end... and in the Valdebebas offices, they still are not clear who should succeed him in the near future.