Carlo Ancelotti will meet with Actual Madrid president Florentino Pérez within the coming days to debate the coach’s departure from the membership, a supply instructed ESPN.
Madrid had been crushed 3-2 after further time by Barcelona within the Copa del Rey ultimate on Saturday, a defeat that adopted their 5-1 mixture Champions League elimination by Arsenal within the quarterfinals earlier this month. The crew stays 4 factors off the highest of LaLiga with 5 video games left.
Ancelotti has a contract at Madrid till 2026 however has confronted persistent hypothesis over his future all through this season. ESPN reported final week that talks had resumed between the Brazilian Soccer Confederation and Ancelotti’s camp relating to his taking on the Brazil nationwide crew.
A supply instructed ESPN that Ancelotti and Pérez will meet within the subsequent few days, with the anticipated consequence being an settlement for the coach to depart the membership after the final LaLiga recreation of the season, towards Actual Sociedad.
Ancelotti is likely one of the most profitable coaches within the membership’s historical past, successful three Champions Leagues and two LaLiga titles in two spells on the Santiago Bernabéu.
“Whether or not I proceed [at Madrid] is a matter for the approaching weeks, not for right now,” Ancelotti mentioned when questioned about his future in a information convention following Madrid’s loss Saturday.
On April 19, the Italian admitted that he and the membership would “analyze issues on the finish of the season” and would not verify that he can be in cost for Madrid’s FIFA Membership World Cup marketing campaign this summer time.
“We’re nonetheless competing for trophies,” Ancelotti mentioned. “I do not wish to speak about my future. We’ll speak about it with the membership on the finish of the season.
“I’ve all the time had an important relationship with the membership. There will be no confrontation.”
The supply wouldn’t verify who would take over for Ancelotti, though they mentioned the most probably short-term situation — with Madrid’s Membership World Cup marketing campaign resulting from start June 18 — was an inside interim appointment resembling director of soccer Santiago Solari, Castilla coach Raul Gonzalez or under-19s coach Alvaro Arbeloa.
