Ancelotti calls Alonso one of world’s best but remains tight-lipped over future

Carlo Ancelotti described Xabi Alonso as “one of the best in the world” amid reports that the Bayer Leverkusen coach will be replaced as Real Madrid manager next season.

Before the EL Clasico crisis on Sunday – a confrontation with Barcelona could eventually form the Spanish League title – Ancelotti was very free for the Spanish coach emerging while expressing deep affection with Los Blancos.

But the 65 -year -old, who was fire in this semester after a defeat in the Copa del Rey final and the Champions League in the quarter -finals, remained tight on his future.

“Don Carlo”, the most successful coach in the history of the Elite Club competition in Europe, spent six years in Bernabeu through two talismans, but its recent reports claimed that the Italian will leave for the position of the main coach of Brazil before the World Cup next summer.

Alonso, a UEFA Champions League winner with a player who was a player who led Leverkusen to the German league title, who was not defeated in his first season as a coach, confirmed this week that he would leave the German side, prompting speculation that the 43 -year -old can go to the Spanish capital next season.

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“I have read it [Alonso] “Bayer Leverkusen leaves,” Ancelotti said.

“He has done an incredible job and has the doors open to him because he showed that he was one of the best in the world.”

Despite the high praise, the Madrid coach stopped confirming his own plans, and instead chose to talk about his approach to the club.

He said: “With this club, the honeymoon never ends. Real Madrid, like [AC] Milan in front of them, clubs remain in my heart while I was here and for relationships.

“When the pressure decreases, the affection rises. Honey will last with Madrid until the last day of my life.”

The striker Ancelotti confirmed that Rodrigo returned to training and is a dispute to start Barcelona.

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Real follows their Catalan competitors with four points at the table with four games remaining.

They lost all the three meetings between the two sides this season, charged 12 goals and scored only four in this process.

Certainly, the defeat of the Ancelotti men will hand over the Hansi Felk team, but the Madrid manager insisted that his players were full of confidence.

Ancelotti added: “The team works well, focusing on what we have to do and enthusiastic,” Ancelotti added.

“We have a lot at stake. We are confident that we can achieve this. The matches against Barcelona are difficult, but we are confident that we can win.”