Current coach รlvaro Arbeloa will leave the bench at the end of the season, and El Mundo reports that the club is looking for a new, more prominent name. Arbeloa arrived in January as a rescue solution to replace Xabi Alonso, but he did not meet the expectations of the Royal club's leadership.
Real Madrid is finishing this season without a single trophy, which is absolutely unacceptable by the club's standards. A particular blow was the shocking elimination from the Copa del Rey by second-division side Albacete, while in the Champions League, Bayern Munich proved an insurmountable obstacle in both matches.
With Barcelona easily defending their La Liga title, a change on the bench has become inevitable.
๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐: Real Madrid have made DIRECT CONTACT with Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni as Florentino Pรฉrez weighs up his managerial options. ๐ฆ๐ท (Source: COPE) pic.twitter.com/BTq6CDF7lf
Radio Cope adds that Scaloni is the first choice, despite his role as Argentina's national team coach being his only managerial experience in his career.
His rรฉsumรฉ, on the other hand, is impressive, as he won the World Cup title with the Gauchos and conquered South America twice.
Scaloni knows the Spanish environment well, having spent most of his playing career there, which could ease his adaptation. Real's call to Scaloni clearly shows the club's ambition to return to the throne of European and Spanish football with a proven winner.