Real Madrid face the final stretch of the competition with many unknowns and few certainties. The Whites are not playing their best football this season, struggling to close out games and raising doubts about their chances of winning titles this season. Although, as is typical of the Merengues, they always rise from the ashes in the big games, or so they hope this Wednesday in the Champions League return leg where they need to come back from 3-0 down.
The first leg of the Champions League against Arsenal has left Carlo Ancelotti very shaken and his future at the Real Madrid bench is more complicated than ever. The defeat in London was the confirmation of a team that has not been able to measure up all year.
In recent months there has been much speculation that his time in the white bench had come to an end and the club had already closed the arrival of Xabi Alonso for the bench. If so, the Italian coach would not lack suitors given his record of titles won with the merengues.
However, in recent days a new candidate has emerged with force. The 15-time Champions League winner is said to be following in the footsteps of the emblematic Jürgen Klopp. A coach who left an indelible mark on Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool, he is now responsible for the football management of the Red Bull group. With Ancelotti and Xabi Alonso in doubt, the Whites would open up this new avenue that would be a bombshell in the summer market.
Klopp’s requests
Although this is a secondary alternative that does not seem destined to materialize, some media outlets are already speculating even on the players that the German would demand if he decided to return to the bench and take charge of Real Madrid for the 2025-2026 season.
Colleagues at Defensa Central say that if Klopp were to join the current European champions, he would demand the signing of a central defender, a right back (where Real Madrid already have Trent Alexander-Arnold) and a left back, as he considers these to be the positions with the greatest deficiencies.
In addition, Defensa Central points out that coaching Real Madrid would allow Klopp to have players he really likes, whom he already wanted to sign when he was managing Liverpool, such as Aurélien Tchouaméni, Eduardo Camavinga, Rodrygo, Fede Valverde, Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappé.