Spanish giants Real Madrid have picked Xabi Alonso as Carlo Ancelotti’s replacement next summer.
The Spanish side are already planning for the future, with the Italian in his final 12 months.
BILD reports that Xabi Alonso will be returning to Real Madrid at the end of the 2023/24 season. This time, the Spaniard will take over as the manager, at the club where he played 236 matches in the midfield.
Alonso started his coaching career as a Real Madrid youth coach in 2018 before moving to Real Sociedad B in July 2019.
He took over at Bayer Leverkusen in October 2022 and has won 17 of the 37 matches at the German side in all competitions while losing ten times and drawing as many.
Ancelotti has already confirmed that he will be seeing out his contract at Real Madrid.