Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso is set to succeed Carlo Ancelotti at Real Madrid, the Spanish newspaper Marca reported on Friday. The Spaniard is expected to sign a three-year contract and Alonso will also take his assistants Sebas Parrilla and Alberto Encinas with him to Madrid.

As reported by Fichajes, incoming Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso is already planning for his future at the Santiago Bernabeu and he is doing it with a clear vision. The former Real Madrid and

Bayer Leverkusen manager, Xabi Alonso, is believed to be drawing up a transfer wishlist as he prepares to join Real Madrid this summer. Alonso has included Super Eagles striker, Victor Boniface, among his possible targets.