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TA: Ancelotti is expected to officially announce his resignation this week, and Pintus is expected to leave & to turn to other positions

12:58pm, 14 May 2025Football

May 12th According to The Athletic, the news of Ancelotti's departure is expected to be officially announced this week.

Four matches, four losses, with a total score of 16-7. This is the cruel strength gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona this season. Real Madrid will end this season with the result of missing the three traditional championships of the Champions League, La Liga and the Copa del Rey, and a major change is already brewing.

This week is expected to kick off with the news that the most successful coach in club history Ancelotti has left office. After four seasons of his second trip to the palace to coach Real Madrid, the Italian coach will take over the coaching staff of the Brazilian national team. The club is in talks with Xavi Alonso's agent, and the young coach announced last Friday that he would leave Leverkusen after the season ended.

"Incredible, the end of an era." A locker room source who watched the National Derby live last night revealed to The Athletic. This sentiment spread among the fan base, some gathering at Real Madrid training base to express dissatisfaction when the players returned from Barcelona. The atmosphere inside the club is not good, and on the one hand, Ancelotti pointed out the team's ongoing injury problems since last summer, which has sparked tensions behind the scenes. Physical coach Pintus has friction with the coaching staff and is expected to no longer stay in the first team next season, but may hold other positions in the club. On the other hand, this is also a signal to the board of directors. Although Ancelotti publicly supported the management, club insiders revealed that he insisted on signing at least one central defender last summer and also asked for the introduction of a central defender or right back in the winter window. After missing Manchester United's goal, Yoro, there were no substantial moves in both windows of the club.

The agent of a core Real Madrid player also pointed the finger at the management: "This is the club's fault for not signing."

's four consecutive defeats against Barcelona accelerated the process of change behind the scenes. What the Bernabeu needs is not only a change of coaches, but also on the defense line. The club has not officially announced the signing of Liverpool right-back Arnold. He hopes that he can represent the team in the Club World Cup. The central defender's signing is also advancing, and he also looks for a candidate for left-back. Reinforcement or player cleaning in other positions has not been ruled out.

After this season of overall lag, the Bernabeu will surely usher in a huge change in the next few months.

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