Ancelotti puts on his overalls

Carlo Ancelotti gets down to work. The new Real Madrid coach, in what will be his second stage as a white coach, has anticipated the arrival of his players and has already taken possession of his office in Valdebebas to start planning the season. The coach visited this Monday, among other places in the Real Madrid City facilities, fields 1 and 2, where the first team usually trains.

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The coach has barely taken 17 days off since signing his new contract with the white entity. It was on June 2, when he was presented again as coach of the first team in an express negotiation after the departure of Zinedine Zidane was known. Now has two weeks to go to design team preparation before non-international players go to work on July 5.

In addition to the design of the training sessions and the planning of the friendlies, The coach has before him the preparation of a squad that, with the signing of Alaba and the return of the seven loaners whose loan expires on June 30, today has 29 players. Carletto He acknowledged in his presentation that “we are going to reduce the workforce.”

Real Madrid goal typology 2020-2021.

Real Madrid goal typology 2020-2021.

Ancelotti will have six weeks to meet the current squad (although there are still 11 players from his previous stage, in addition to Alaba, with whom he coincided at Bayern), before the league debut, scheduled for the weekend of August 14 and 15.