With Real Madrid officially out of the Champions League after losing to Bayern Munich and falling further and further behind Barcelona in La Liga, Madridistas have entered the time of the year when all the transfer rumors come at a whirlwind and everyone in the Spanish media starts talking about who will coach the Merengue club next.
While Alvaro Arbeloa has honestly done a great job as the interim coach for Real and has the admiration of a group of players that really did not like his predecessor Xabi Alonso, Arbeloa isn't exactly a household name in world football. Florentino Perez has always liked making splashes as Real Madrid President, and if he sees the opportunity to go for a big name, he will do it.
Zinedine Zidane, Jurgen Klopp, and Jose Mourinho are all big names Real Madrid are being linked to for the manager position this summer, and now there is another name Real have looked at in the past - right around the time when they were replacing Zinedine Zidane in 2021 before bringing back Carlo Ancelotti - who is resurfacing.
Real Madrid are after a Serie A icon
In addition to the USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino, Real Madrid are also circling back to AC Milan manager Max Allegri, who has rehabilitated his image in Serie A by improving a dismal Rossoneri following his disastrous second spell with Juventus.
According to a report from L'Equipe, via the Madrid Zone, Allegri has made his way to the coaching list with Pochettino, as Real Madrid have been admirers of the duo for a long time. Again, Real Madrid were interested in both coaches after Zinedine Zidane's resignation following the COVID stricken 2020/21 season that also came without trophies.
But Allegri has never been an appealing option for most Real Madrid fans. His overly defensive style runs in juxtaposition to what Real Madrid like to see from their managers, and while he is doing better work with Milan, his tactics and cowardice in coaching Juventus rubbed everyone the wrong way.
Real Madrid fans would have a meltdown watching how Allegri works with young players or sits in a low block. He has the bad habits of the worst Madrid sides of the early 2020s and late 2010s with none of the benefits, and though he has shown better signs of counterattacking for Milan this season, a lot of it feels like a fluke with so few players, such as Rafael Leao, actually developing positively under his reign.
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