Solari favorite to take interim charge of Madrid ahead of Xabi Alonso’s arrival

Real Madrid already has a plan in place for Carlo Ancelotti’s replacement. Santiago Solari will take the reins during the Club World Cup and Xabi Alonso will be in charge of the team afterwards.

Carlo Ancelotti’s time at Real Madrid seems to be coming to an end.

The doubts shown throughout the season, the painful elimination from the Champions League and the defeat in the final of the Copa del Rey against Barcelona have led Real Madrid to think about next season.

The 2025-26 season is set to be the year of the Madrid revolution, especially starting with the bench.

The ideal candidate for Real Madrid is still Xabi Alonso, but the novelty of the Club World Cup will make him draw a new road map.

According to ‘Relevo’, the club presided by Florentino Perez has thought of Santiago Solari to take over the reins during the month, in the event of reaching the end, which would last the Club World Cup. In the meantime, Xabi Alonso, who has already left Bayer Leverkusen, would start working in parallel to take charge of the team after the tournament and not have the competitive urgency of competing as soon as he lands. As long as, as quoted by the same media, the Spanish coach himself does not want to lead the team from day one and during the North American experience.

Although Madrid has not yet closed the deal with Xabi Alonso, he remains its number one candidate. In addition, Solari has the confidence of the club, especially after his first stint at the club, where he put out several internal conflicts and was the one who gave the necessary confidence to Vinicius, who hardly had any participation with Julen Lopetegui.