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Real Madrid are growing increasingly frustrated with Carlo Ancelotti and could offload the Italian if the 15-time Champions League winners fail to progress to the play-off stages of this season’s competition, a report in Spain has claimed.
Despite the blockbuster addition of Kylian Mbappe during the summer, Madrid have repeatedly faltered this season and reached a new low when they were at the start of this month. Barcelona won 5-2 In the Spanish Super Cup final.
Spanish publication Relief Ancelotti sees this humbling defeat as a kind of final warning, knowing full well that another big slip-up will cost him his job.
It is claimed Madrid have come close to sacking Ancelotti this season after back-to-back defeats at the hands of Barcelona And during October and November AC Milan, with director of football Santiago Solari, stated that Ancelotti could be tasked with returning to the dugout if he was relieved of his duties.
Those responsible for making such a decision eventually stuck with Ancelotti but once again found themselves facing debate. It is claimed that Madrid will cut ties with the Italian if he oversees further disastrous results in the Champions League, with the team despite the threat of massive play-off ties against top sides. sought to advance to the knockout stages Bayern Munich Or Atletico Madrid.
Should Ancelotti leave before the end of the season, it is claimed that Solari will be drafted in as a temporary replacement, but Madrid have already set their sights on Bayer Leverkusen’s Xabi Alonso as their next permanent manager. The current plan is to hire the Spaniard in the summer of 2026, when Ancelotti’s contract expires, but that could be brought forward.
Ancelotti needs to win either LaLiga Or the Champions League to keep his job after this season. Club officials are said to have lost faith in the 65-year-old’s ability to turn things around and will be watching the team’s performance closely.
