Real Madrid is perhaps looking for a new manager in the near future, where Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso was generally considered their favorite choice. The Basque coach has an agreement with the work self that he can leave for Los Blancos.
Although Leverkusen Simon Rolfes recently stated that Alonso would stay in the Bundesliga, the feeling in Spain is that Los Blancos will chase their former midfielder if they do Carlo Ancelotti this summer, with his work in the next five games.
However, it will not come cheap. According to Bild, via Sport, even if Alonso has a household name with Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro that he can leave for Real Madrid, they will demand compensation for his services. Alonso is from contract in the summer of 2026, such as Ancelotti, but Leverkusen would demand at least € 10 million to have the 43-year-old return to Madrid.
Real Madrid would probably try to negotiate that reimbursement, after he rarely paid large transfers for managers and Alonso's apparent wish to manage in the Santiago Bernabeu. Timing will also be a problem for Los Blancos to contend, since the club looms up the horizon on the horizon.
There are 24 days between the end of the La Liga season of Real Madrid and their opening match in the US at the World Cup against Al-Hilal. If they have to fire Ancelotti, they would undoubtedly want their permanent solution by the time they cross the pond, although it is far from an ideal moment to take over. Under those 24 days is an international break that the Nations League Final Four and South American World Cup qualifications from the Nations League means, which means that a new coach would not have a significant part of his team available for about half that period.