Its official, Carlo Ancelotti will be hired as the new manager to replace Zinedine Zidane. He is offered a three-year contract, according to the official announcement by Real Madrid CF’s website. Don Carlo is probably one of the most loved managers of Real Madrid who had quite the image among the fans. He is back on a second spell at Madrid, being sacked after a trophy-less 2014-15 season.
The rumor mills are going crazy and it seems like Real Madrid will also have Antonio Pintus back with the staff. As such, fans can’t try and control themselves from expressing their opinions over a Don Carlo return to the Spanish capital. To ease you through all possibilities here are the positives and negatives of the Italian now that he is hired as Real Madrid’s first team manager for the next three seasons.
The positives of having Don Carlo back in Madrid
The first and foremost thing to consider here is the finances. Yes, Real Madrid had a tough season and the fans would have been elated if a Massimiliano Allegri move was made. Alas, he joined back at Juventus and out of the remaining links, Mauricio Pochettino wasn’t a possibility given Real’s delicate relationship with PSG and the increased complications after a Kylian Mbappe pursuit.
Antonio Conte could have been another option but Florentino Perez had his concerns about working with him and to say the least, Conte would have been a hard fit at Real Madrid. Ancelotti however, knows the pressure of the job and is doing it at 6 million euros net, less half of what he was making at Everton. Given the situation, Don Carlo is a decent man for the job.
Secondly, Ancelotti brings with him years of experience that includes him managing elite European clubs. He is one of the leading managers with successes achieved at AC Milan that includes two Champions League titles, as well as, league wins with Chelsea, PSG, and Bayern Munich. Apart from that he of course is the manager who delivered La Decima, the tenth Champions League title to Real Madrid.
He is known to be a tactically flexible coach overcoming a slightly dogmatic adherence to a 4-4-2 formation. He especially likes his teams to defend in this shape with two at the front ready for any possible counter launches. He also knows it perfectly well to adapt his tactics to suit his squad of players and this is a newer characteristic of his management brought to light during his time at Everton.
Lastly, he is a great man-manager and would be perfect to guide the club through a passage of transition. Raul Gonzalez is expected to join the first-team coaching staff as the Assistant to Don Carlo and if that happens it would be a great balance of newer ideas and old reliable experience to see Los Blancos through another three seasons, possibly adding to their silverware collection on the way.