Xabi Alonso will coach Real Madrid after the Club World Cup.

Xabi Alonso will be Real Madrid 's manager at the Club World Cup . After several weeks of uncertainty at Real Madrid, awaiting Carlo Ancelotti 's final departure and how the Toulouse native's contract could fit into the new intercontinental tournament, which takes place between June 14 and July 14, the Spanish coach will take charge of the team as soon as the Spanish competition ends and will not wait until the end of the international season with the World Cup.

As El Chiringuito reported and this newspaper can confirm, Madrid and the Basque player have agreed on the terms of the contract for the new World Cup, a special situation because it is being held between two theoretically different seasons in terms of contract , and he will ultimately take over from the first week of June.

After the Copa del Rey final, Real Madrid's doubts began to clear. The defeat left Ancelotti seriously shaken, even more so after the continental failure against Arsenal, and only a comeback in La Liga could keep him in his job until after the Club World Cup. But the future at Valdebebas was clear: Xabi Alonso .

Meanwhile, the Italian opened his mind to the Brazilian national team, and as the days passed, everything began to fall into place. The 'canarinha' ('Canarinha') plays two matches during the June international break, and the Brazilian Football Federation wants Ancelotti to be included in that squad. On the other hand, Real Madrid, with the La Liga title already lost, preferred Xabi Alonso to treat the World Cup as a preseason game to get to know the dressing room and begin to apply his style.

The only thing missing was the contractual part with the Tolosa native, something that has been resolved in recent days. This season is atypical because the World Cup falls between the end of one and the start of the next, so it wasn't as fiscally straightforward for either the coach or the club, so the possibility of Solari managing the team in the United States was considered. But ultimately, Alonso and Madrid agreed on their parts, and logic prevailed: the World Cup, where there are 120 million in prize money , will be the cornerstone of Xabi's new Real Madrid.

Alonso finishes the season with Bayer Leverkusen this weekend, so he'll travel to Madrid early next season to negotiate his return to Valdebebas. Meanwhile, Ancelotti will sit on the Real Madrid bench for the final three league matches, with the league title already virtually lost, seven points behind Barça with nine remaining. Madrid is working on the timing of the official announcement of Ancelotti's farewell . They want to pay tribute to him at the Bernabéu, on the final matchday against Real Sociedad, but the actual announcement could come sooner.