Barca’s crushing win in the ‘Clasico’ has triggered a major crisis at the Santiago Bernabeu. According to ‘Sport’, critical voices in the board of directors complicate the future of Carlo Ancelotti and the club is already considering the arrival of Xabi Alonso in the summer.
Although Real Madrid has maintained an almost sepulchral silence after the ‘Clasico’, the blow dealt by FC Barcelona has hurt. There were no statements from the players and the only thing the club have said is to condemn the unfortunate racist insults made by some hooligans against Lamine Yamal. Even so, there is movement in the offices.
According to the newspaper ‘Sport’, the anger in the Madrid board is huge and the most pointed out is Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian still has credibility, not that this defeat will be his end in the ‘Merengue’ bench, but there are more and more dissenting voices that disagree with his renewal until 2026.
‘Carletto’s management against Barca was highly questioned. He did not know how to control the match, nor did he know how to instruct Kylian Mbappe or Vinicius or the assistants to avoid the offside trap set by Hansi Flick. While there were several serious individual errors that doomed the team, neither did the changes please.
This also goes into the week-to-week management of the squad. One of the wars between Ancelotti and the board of directors is the lack of playing time for Arda Guler. The club wants him to bet on the youngster, who has given very good sensations every time he has been able to, but only got playing time in September before returning to ostracism. He has not featured for two league games and only had five minutes against Borussia Dortmund.
The Italian’s continuity until 2026 is very much in doubt. After the drubbing at the hands of Barca, the aforementioned media reports that Florentino Perez has given the green light to the ‘Xabi Alonso operation’ to try to sign the Bayer Leverkusen coach at the end of the season. The former Real Madrid player has a clause to leave for free in June, so the move would be much simpler.
