League glory last season but is to be fired for
failing to win La Liga and retain the European title
Real Madrid have called a press conference for
19:00CET on Monday, where president Florentino
Perez is expected to announce the departure of
coach Carlo Ancelotti .
The Italian trainer led Los Blancos to victory in
both the Champions League and the Copa del Rey
last season, before overseeing a club-record 22-
game winning streak during the first half of the
current campaign that culminated in Club World
Cup glory in December.
However, Madrid's form dipped after the winter
break, resulting in Barcelona overhauling them at
the top of La Liga, Copa del Rey elimination at the
hands of Atletico Madrid and a shock European
semi-final exit at the hands of Juventus.
Ancelotti's likely dismissal was immediately
reported after their semi-final loss to the
Bianconeri and will now be confirmed at a
specially arranged press conference in the Spanish
capital on Monday.
Perez is expected to meet with Ancelotti in the
afternoon to inform him of the decision to sack
him. A source at the club told Goal that "there is
no other possibility than firing Carlo ".
The club's chief will then speak to the media in the
evening to make it official.
Ancelotti has already revealed that while he has
received offers from clubs in Italy, England and
Germany, with AC Milan even sending CEO Adriano
Galliani to Madrid to meet with their former boss ,
the 55-year-old will take a year out of the game as
he must undergo surgery in Canada this summer.
Ancelotti is expected to be replaced as Madrid
boss by Rafael Benitez, whose contract with Serie
A outfit Napoli expires at the end of June.
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