Real Madrid have now formally confirmed that Carlo Ancelotti will leave the club after their final La Liga game of the season, bringing to an end an enormously successful second spell at the club that lasted four years.
Ancelotti’s departure was very much known, after Brazil announced his arrival as their national team manager on Monday of last week. The Italian leaves the club as the most decorated manager in the history of the club, across his two spells winning three Champions League, three Club World Cups, three Spanish Supercups, two Ligas and two Copas del Rey, amounting to 15 in total. In his second spell, Ancelotti managed two Champions League and Liga doubles, including arguably the most dramatic run to the trophy the club has seen in 2022.
In the official club statement, President Florentino Perez thanked Ancelotti for his time at the club, and the statement confirmed there would be a homage to him at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday against Real Sociedad.
“Carlo Ancelotti is now forever part of the great Real Madrid family. We are proud to have enjoyed a coach who has helped us achieve so much success and who has also embodied our club’s values in an exemplary manner.”
It is thought that after his retirement from management, Ancelotti could well return to Real Madrid in the offices somewhere, as he intends to live some of the time in Madrid going forward.