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Former Real Madrid star Predrag Mijatovic has said that manager Carlo Ancelotti is angry and could leave at the end of the season.
The Los Blancos manager has been under pressure this season, thanks to his side’s poor showings in La Liga. The Whites find themselves in second place in La Liga, a whopping 13 points behind leaders Barcelona, with ten games left.
Madrid, though, have done well in the Copa del Rey and Champions League. They beat Barcelona 4-0 at Camp Nou (4-1 aggregate) in the Copa del Rey second leg last week to book a final against Osasuna. Meanwhile, they face Chelsea in the Champions League quarterfinals, with the first leg in Madrid on Wednesday (April 12) night.
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Mijatovic said last week that he had spotted a change in Ancelotti’s attitude. He that the former Paris Saint-Germain manager did not look happy. On Monday, the 1998 Champions League winner added that the manager was angry. On Cadena SER, Mijatovic said:
“Today (11 April)'s Ancelotti presser sounded like a small farewell to me. That’s the feeling I have. Everything he has achieved recently is being brought up, which is a lot and very important too. In two years, he has won everything if he wins the Copa del Rey, but I think that he’s a little angry. I don’t know who at, but he’s angry. Maybe he knows something we don’t.”
Ancelotti has been linked with the Chelsea and Brazil jobs but has pledged his allegiance to Real Madrid. His contract with Los Merengues expires in June 2024, and Ancelotti has expressed his desire to see it out.
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti gives opinion on Frank Lampard’s return to Chelsea
Speaking ahead of Real Madrid’s Champions League quarterfinal first leg against Chelsea on Wednesday (April 12), Carlo Ancelotti shared his thoughts about Frank Lampard’s return to the Stamford Bridge dugout.
The Real Madrid tactician backed his former pupil to succeed at Stamford Bridge, saying that his lack of experience wouldn’t matter much in the Champions League quarterfinals. Ancelotti said (via Realmadrid.com):
“I'm 63 years old, and I have 20 years more experience than him, but that's not going to change what's going to happen during the game. He is a great coach and a fantastic professional who I coached as a player. He knows how to prepare his team for this kind of game. I don't think experience is going to do much good for these ties. He arrived a week ago, and he's going to do well for as long as he's at Chelsea.”
Lampard, who remains the Pensioners’ record goalscorer (211 goals), played 83 games under Ancelotti, scoring 40 times and claiming 25 assists. The former England star won a Premier League (2010), FA Cup (2010) and FA Community Shield (2010) under Ancelotti.
