Real Madrid Confirms It: Ancelotti Will Have a 'Surprise' Signing for the World Cup

The 24/25 Season Will Be a Little Different for Real Madrid. Most clubs in the European soccer elite will finish the current soccer season, or at least try to, on May 31, 2025. That day, the Champions League final in Munich will be held, an event many want to attend.

Real Madrid is one of those teams. Regardless of the successes achieved by that date, Carlo Ancelotti's players will barely have a vacation due to the changes made to the competitive calendar more than half a year ago. Not only because of the change in the Champions League format, a UEFA modification that many have not liked.

It is also about the implementation of the Club World Cup. This tournament organized by FIFA is intended to be held with the same frequency as national team events and aims to bring together the best teams from around the world. The goal is for them to compete against each other to determine who is the best team in the world over the next four years. 

Real Madrid, by virtue of its position as Champions League champion, is one of the clubs invited by FIFA to this tournament that will be held in the United States. The dates chosen by the International Federation are the only ones available in a calendar that will barely leave any rest for the protagonists of this sport. That decision has considerably angered many coaches, as Pep Guardiola or Carlo Ancelotti have occasionally recalled in their press conferences.

Desired Return

In any case, quite hectic months of June and July are approaching in the Valdebebas offices. Not only because of the preparation for the planned operations for the summer transfer market, but also because of the progress of a footballer who was seriously injured this same season. The progress of his recovery, closely monitored by the club's medical services, shows increasingly optimistic forecasts.

The information published by MARCA indicates that Dani Carvajal is working diligently and tirelessly to be ready for the last matches of the current season. That would mean that the '2' from Leganés aims to appear in a hypothetical Champions League final... or would be focusing on his recovery after the triple rupture of his right knee in the Club World Cup.

In any case, his return to the merengue sports discipline can only mean good news for Carlo Ancelotti. The doubts surrounding Lucas Vázquez's performance, as well as his renewal for one more season, have forced him to change Fede Valverde's position in the Champions League. The Uruguayan '8' has no problem performing as a right-back, but Real Madrid loses many advantages with that tactical change.

The solution to all of Carlo Ancelotti's problems in that position would be in the same player who caused them, unintentionally, by getting injured. The medical services and the technical staff of Real Madrid will not lose sight of Dani Carvajal, because  they wish to have him in the fight for the Club World Cup... and solve the dilemma of Alexander-Arnold's arrival in the summer 2025 transfer market.