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This is good news to Real Madrid and an unpleasant one for the Brazilian National team. There were speculations that Carlo Ancelotti would be joining Seleção Canarinha next year, but this news has ended these rumours. I was sceptical about the news because I don't see any reason why Real should be worried about signing Xabi Alonso. The Italian tactician has not been doing badly in both the La Liga and the UEFA Champions League, so they shouldn't be in a haste to sack the coach. He deserves to even have a longer contract because Real will be happy to keep him. Many clubs will be willing to sign Ancelotti immediately if he is allowed to leave the Los Blancos. There is no guarantee that Xabi Alonso will perform well in Real Madrid, after all, Erik ten Hag was successful at Ajax but is struggling at Manchester United.
If these rumors are true, Real Madrid are so satisfied with Ancelotti's performance that they have signed him with a new contract. Ancelotti's contract extension at Real Madrid is bad news for the Brazilian national team, which really wants to bring in Ancelotti. Another reason Real Madrid does not want to immediately part ways with Ancelotti is because his departure will have an effect on the team's performance.
It looks like Xabi Alonso will continue with Bayer Leverkusen if Ancelotti stays at Real Madrid, this is also very good for Xabi Alonso in expanding his experience as a coach.
Ancelotti succeeded in making Madrid performance stable, despite facing various challenges such as a storm of injuries. It makes sense that Los Blancos management finally offered the manager a new contract until 2026, they considered that Ancelotti was worth keeping, because his performance was very satisfactory. On other hand, for the Brazilian National Team, these agreement have shattered their hopes, actually there are many quality coaches who are currently unemployed. However, Ancelotti is indeed a quality coach, which is why Brazil wants to recruit him.
Automatically the rumors linking Xabi Alonso with Madrid have disappeared, but I think Xabi is also not devoid of fans. Xabi performance in bringing Laverkusen to an impressive appearance also attracted the attention of many clubs, personally I hope that one day Xabi can become Ancelotti successor as head coach in Madrid.