Spanish media: If Ancelotti leaves office midway, Real Madrid s transition coach is not Raul but Solari

May 1st Spanish media Relevo reported that if Ancelotti leaves the team midway through the season, Real Madrid needs to transition coaches to compete in the Club World Cup, and Santiago Solari becomes the biggest favorite. This choice is contrary to Real Madrid's tradition in recent years. According to Real Madrid's tradition of choosing a transitional coach, Raul should be the first choice for a transitional coach.

Currently, Real Madrid is at the center of the storm. The King's Cup was eliminated, the Champions League was eliminated, especially the Ancelotti incident. The Italian was originally scheduled to coach Brazil in June, but Real Madrid recently prevented him from leaving office. Although the contract between An Shuai and Real Madrid expires in 2026, no one can guarantee whether he can lead the team until the end of the season, let alone persist until after the Club World Cup.

According to the convention of the Florentino era, when the coach leaves mid-season, the successor is almost always the then-Castia coach. In 2006, Lucemberg was dismissed and Lopez Carlo took over. In 2016, Zidane started the legend after Benitez was fired. In 2018, Solari took office when Lopetegui was dismissed. Zidane returned after Solari left office in the spring of 2019. The only exception during Florentino's tenure was: Camacho's resignation was temporarily taken over by assistant coach Raymond, but the latter was quickly replaced by Lucemberg.

Sorari knew a few months ago that if Ancelotti left midway through the season, he would be the most likely candidate. Although the Real Madrid football director is not an ideal candidate, he has led the lead in the succession sequence. In theory, he is the top manager of Valdebebas, but his rights are subject to certain restrictions on his dual leadership system with youth training director Manu Fernandez. Since coaching the Mexico Americas in the 2021/22 season, Solari has not picked up the tactical board and has played more office roles in the past three years.

However, the club recognized his performance during the 2018 transition period. At that time, Ronaldo and Zidane left the team, and Sorari took over the endgame left by Lopetegui, revitalizing marginal players including Vinicius, Reguilon and Lorente, while abandoning Isco, Bale and Marcelo. Although Marcelo eventually stayed in the team, his role changed. In addition, Solari is safer as a temporary candidate with "no ambitions": his coaching career has been suspended, and even if the Club World Cup is successful, it will not threaten Xavi Alonso, who is expected to take office in the 2025/26 season. In other words, he neither competes for power, which is different from Raul's situation.

Based on historical precedents, current Castia coach Raul was supposed to be a natural candidate for the Club World Cup, but the club never showed his firm support for him, even though he led the team to overcome adversity and developed several transfer-profit players over the past six years. In contrast, Alvaro Aveloa's promotion path is more popular.

Ruel is currently silent, "I am very happy to stay here, this is where I want to stay. When the club makes a decision - if there is a decision - let's take a look." There are two reasons why he has not taken action yet: one is that although Castia loses the league, there is still a possibility of upgrading the play-off theory; the other is that if Ancelotti confirms that he misses the Club World Cup, he hopes to be on standby at any time. However, if Castia breaks into the play-offs, Raul's candidacy will be further weakened due to schedule conflicts.

From a pure logic point of view, it is abnormal to let Solari, who has been away from the coaching seat, take precedence over Raul, who is in good shape. Raul's desire to win is incomparable: he took over the Youth A team after the epidemic and led the team to win the Youth Champions League. Ancelotti also publicly praised Raul on many occasions.

Nevertheless, Raul is likely to stop coaching Castia next season, and Aveloa is likely to take over. This requires two conditions: First, Raul took the initiative to decide to leave. He enjoys youth training, his family has roots in Madrid, and his daughter Maria is in Real Madrid's junior team. Unless an attractive project appears; secondly, the club decides to transfer it. Although there is news that the sports director hinted that he left office a few months ago, it is not a foregone conclusion. The risk of firing the legendary Raul is extremely high, even if the opportunity to transfer is provided.

If Raul is accidentally selected and leads the team to win the Club World Cup, the club will face a new dilemma: how to replace a meritorious idol who is promoted from the echelon and wins the championship? Because this is an unprecedented achievement.