Florentino Pérez wants to always have everything ready. The president of Madrid doesn't want a possible bad sporting situation to catch him by surprise and he already has Ancelotti 's replacement, at least until the end of the season. The chosen one is none other than Santiago Solari, who has been the club's director of soccer since 2022.
Relevo has reported that, immediately after the match against Milan (1-3), the Real Madrid leadership held a meeting with Santiago Solari . In this meeting, the emergency strategy was agreed in case Ancelotti had to be dismissed. Florentino Pérez has complete confidence in the Argentine and considers him the ideal person to take over the position on an interim basis.
It would not be the first time that Solari took charge of the Real Madrid dugout in this way . In 2018, he was promoted to the first team after Lopetegui was sacked, but things did not go too well for him. In any case, what Florentino is clear about is that he would be the emergency solution to be able to find Ancelotti's replacement with more time.
However, for the moment Florentino's plan is to don'thing. Much more is needed to get rid of a coach of Ancelotti's caliber. In any case, the interim replacement is more than decided in case this decision needs to be executed.
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Florentino's intention is to close the transfer of Xabi Alonso as soon as possible , with whom he has already formally started negotiations for 2025. Ancelotti will not continue beyond this campaign regardless of the results and the idea is to replace him with the Basque. If the Italian's dismissal comes earlier, his place would go to Santiago Solari.
On the other hand, in the last program of ' El Chiringuito ', Pipi Estrada has discovered the farewell of a legend in 2025. We are talking about Raúl González , Castilla coach, who will leave his job coinciding with the end of his contract on June 30.
After several years at Castilla, Raúl González will end his contract with Real Madrid. This was the information from Pipi Estrada, who also pointed out that Florentino Pérez has already chosen his replacement. There will be a 'promotion' of coaches at La Fábrica, with Arbeloa being the former Real Madrid player's replacement at the helm of the reserve team.
Raúl is not in any list of candidates to succeed Ancelotti and will leave Real Madrid. Florentino Pérez's decision has already been made: if necessary, Santiago Solari would be the interim, while Xabi Alonso will wait until next season .