Carlo Ancelotti, the head coach of Real Madrid, said on Thursday that he was only concentrating on the Spanish giants and the forthcoming season in an effort to put an end to rumors that he would leave Real Madrid in the near future to take over the Brazilian national team.
“I will never talk about Brazil, about what is going to happen,” the Italian told reporters in Los Angeles, where Real Madrid will play the first of four friendly in the United States on Sunday against AC Milan at the Rose Bowl. The match will be followed by three more matches against teams from the United States.
“I am the coach of Real Madrid and I am staying here,” Ancelotti declared two weeks after the president of the Brazilian Confederation, Ednaldo Rodrigues, claimed that Ancelotti was poised to become the first foreigner in over 60 years to coach the Selecao once his contract with Real Madrid ends. Ancelotti’s current deal with Real Madrid is set to expire in 2019.
That would put the Italian in charge in time for the Copa America tournament to be held in the United States beginning in June of 2024, but Ancelotti has said that the topic is off limits for him.
“I will never talk about this matter again,” he stated, emphasizing that he had a contract with Real Madrid “until June 30, 2024.” “I will never talk about this matter again.”
Ancelotti did not want to comment on the possibility of Real Madrid acquiring French superstar Kylian Mbappe, who is in the midst of a contract dispute with Paris Saint-Germain.
Mbappe “is a player who is not at Madrid,” he pointed out. “Mbappe is not at Madrid.” “I don’t think it’s appropriate for us to discuss players who are not currently in attendance,” she said.
Ancelotti did explain his intentions for coping with the departure of the winner of the Ballon d’Or, Karim Benzema, who signed a three-year agreement with Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia last month. Ancelotti is a manager for Real Madrid.
He said that he will experiment with a formation that maximizes the offensive potential of recent arrivals such as Jude Bellingham and Arda Guler from the United Kingdom and Turkey, respectively.
Ancelotti expressed his contentment with the way the Real Madrid team has come together in preparation for the next season, despite the fact that an exceptional player to directly replace Benzema has not yet been signed.
“From my perspective, the team has evolved,” he remarked. Karim, a player who was an integral part of our team for many years and a club icon, has retired. We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors. “However, we have a very young group that we are confident will provide us with a great deal of satisfaction,” he added. “We are very excited about this.”
Following the press conference, Carlo Ancelotti took charge of the team’s first practice on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, where a crowd of several hundred supporters had gathered to cheer them on.
The match against Manchester United in Houston on July 26 will be followed by a Clasico match versus Barcelona in Dallas on July 29. The club will fly to Texas on July 26.
On August 2, before to their trip back to Spain, Real Madrid will compete against Juventus in Orlando, Florida.