Real Madrid looking for a replacement for “Old Wolf” Ancelotti: The race for Xabi Alonso and Solari

President Florentino Perez has taken concrete steps in finding a successor to Carlo Ancelotti’s head coach position.

Real Madrid are facing pressure to reform the coaching bench after the 2-5 defeat to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup. According to the Spanish press, President Florentino Perez has contacted two prominent candidates, including Xabi Alonso and Santiago Solari, to choose to sit in Carlo Ancelotti’s seat.

Although the Italian strategist still receives high trust from the “White Vulture” leadership after many successes since returning in 2021. But Real’s upper echelons have begun to consider the story of finding the right person to lead the “Galacticos 3.0” galaxy.

According to many sources, the two names that “Los Blancos” are targeting are Xabi Alonso and Santiago Solari, coaches who have close ties to the Spanish royal team. This season, Real is not having a good record against big teams. Against Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Athletic Bilbao and AC Milan, Ancelotti’s army has not won any matches, drawn 1 and lost 5.

Xabi Alonso in the sights of President Perez

One of the names that the head of Real Madrid is most fond of to become a candidate to replace Carlo Ancelotti is Xabi Alonso. According to information from Madrid-Barcelona, ​​President Florentino Perez is said to have decided to contact the former Real Madrid player to discuss the possibility of the Bayer Leverkusen strategist taking over the coaching bench of the royal team.

In the last two seasons in the Bundesliga, the young coach has shown his outstanding talent and Alonso’s football philosophy is very much in line with the direction the club is pursuing. Perez’s call to Alonso is a clear sign that Real Madrid could be preparing for a major change in their ambitions to dominate Europe in the coming years.