Real Madrid, the leader of the Spanish Football League, announced on Friday that it had extended the contract of its Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti until June 2026.
The Royal Club said in a statement on its official website that Ancelotti, 64 years old, who was expected to become coach of the Brazilian national team starting next summer, is "Set to remain associated with Real Madrid until June 30, 2026."
Ancelotti won every possible title with Real Madrid since his first period on the Merengue bench (2013-2015), before his return in 2021. He added two Champions League titles (2014, 2022), a league title (2022), and two Cup titles. King (2014, 2023) to the Madrid club record.
The announcement of the extension of his contract, which was to expire next summer, came as a surprise at a time when the former coach of Milan, Paris Saint-Germain of France, and Bayern Munich of Germany was a candidate to be the first foreign coach of the five-time world champions in nearly sixty years and to lead them after the upcoming Copa America in the United States. United.
Real Madrid officials chose to renew their confidence in Ancelotti, who began the process of renewing the club's lineup, which won the Champions League title 14 times (a record), after the departure of its stars, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Frenchman Karim Benzema, in recent seasons.
Ancelotti succeeded in leading the new generation to win the Champions League title in 2022 by relying on promising mainstays such as the Brazilians Vinicius Junior and Rodrigo and the Frenchmen Eduardo Camavinga and Aurelien Chouamini.
Real Madrid leads the Spanish League after 18 stages and has reached the final of the prestigious continental competition, where it will face German Leipzig.