The route map marked for the Real Madrid coach's change continues to progress as planned. This Friday, Xabi Alonso has announced that Bayer Leverkusen will leave at the end of this season. He has done so at a press conference after communicating during the morning his players and assistants a decision that has made according to the direction of the club, as he explained.
Alonso's next destination will be Real Madridbench that Carlo Ancelotti will leave at the end of the League. The official ads will still be, as well as resolving the unknown of whether the Spanish coach will assume the white address for the Club World Cup that starts in June or will be Santiago Solari Whoever takes the controls interim. “No idea,” Alonso replied when asked if he has taken a visa for the US, a country in which the tournament is played.
The Basque coach, however, has appealed to that “It's not the time to talk about the future” During his announcement, something that for what he has said he wants to wait until the end of the season, next Saturday in the case of Leverkusen. He has consecrated his press conference to be “grateful” with the club, fans, players and his coaching staff for the almost three seasons in which he has occupied the Bayarena bench.
“This week, the club and I have decided that these are my last two games as a coach. We have always had direct communication and, now that there is clarity, it is time to announce it. We can be very proud of what we have achieved together in three years exciting and wonderful,” explained what will be New Real Madrid coach.
This week, the club and I have decided that these are my last two games as a coach. We have always had direct communication and now that there is clarity, it is time to announce it
Agreement for months
Xabi Alonso has a verbal agreement with Real Madrid for months, as this newspaper reported on January 14. Both parties agreed that, in the event that Ancelotti did not continue in Bernabéu, he would be his successor. A pact that the Leverkusen has always had knowledge.
The German club, in fact, reached a “Caballeros Pact”, As his CEO, the Spanish Fernando Carro, to facilitate his departure this summer in the event that any of his exequipos knocked on his door. It remains to determine now the economic agreement between Real Madrid and Leverkusen, since Alonso had a contract in force with the German club.
Xabi Alonso, during a match with Bayer Leverkusen. / Ronald WITTEK / EFE
Alonso has decided to communicate his decision two days before his penultimate game at the Leverkusen. This Sunday receives Dortmund and next Saturday closes the course receiving the Mainz. They will be two games to inventory titles, since Leverkusen is guaranteed second place in the Bundesligaof which Bayern Munich is already mathematically champion. His announcement comes two days before Real Madrid is played in The Montjuïc classic His scarce options for being a league champion.
To leave
The situation took a total turn at the end of March, before the Champions League tie against Arsenal that buried the Ancelotti era. On March 27, Alonso anticipated publicly announcing that he would continue in Leverkusen next season, as he moved to his circle. However, A call from Real Madrid asking for timein the face of the common doubts of the club and 'Carletto' about his future together, he made his announcement abort.
The shaking suffered by Madrid in Champions rooms, his inability to straighten the course in LaLiga and the defeat in the Cup final against Barça definitively turned the shots. Also, Brazil's renewed interest in hiring an Ancelotti that in the coming weeks should be announced as Pentacampeona selector of the world.
