According to multiple reports, Real Madrid have identified Massimiliano Allegri as the man to replace Santiago Solari after giving up on Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino. The current Juventus manager is Real Madrid’s number one target to take over at the Santiago Bernabeu next season, El Chiringuito Tv reports.
The Spanish tv channel broke Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Juventus last summer and is known to be reliable when it comes to reporting transfer news about the Casa Blanca. According to the report, Florentino Perez believes Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is unreachable and is determined to take Allegri to the Bernabeu in the summer. “Allegri tops Florentino wish-list”, journalist Eduardo Inda says.
“Allegri talked to Florentino last summer and the Real Madrid president can’t get Max out of his mind since”. Earlier last summer, the Italian tactician revealed that he rejected an offer of Real Madrid when Zidane resigned. Allegri has also been linked with Manchester United and his contract with Juventus expires in 2020. According to the report, Zinedine Zidane would be Allegri’s number one replacement if Max decides to leave Turin to join the Merengues.
Meanwhile, Following Real Madrid loss to Real Sociedad on Sunday, it was noticed Gareth Bale wasn’t there to see the second goal for the Basque side as he had left the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu early. The player, who was watching from the stands as he is currently injured, departed in the 78th minute. Santiago Solari was asked on Tuesday for his thoughts on the fact that the Welshman didn’t stay to support his teammates and revealed that the situation would be discussed internally. “These are things that are solved privately,” he told reporters. While he didn’t criticise the player in front of the media, he didn’t defend him either.