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Real Madrid hires Carlo Ancelotti as coach to replace Zidane

Zidane quit last week after the team’s first trophyless season in more than a decade

Last updated: June 01, 2021 | 21:35

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Carlo Ancelotti has left as manager of Premier League club Everton to take over Real Madrid.

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Madrid: Real Madrid hired Carlo Ancelotti as coach on Tuesday to replace Zinedine Zidane, who quit last week after the team’s first trophyless season in more than a decade.

The 61-year-old Ancelotti left as manager of Premier League club Everton to take over in Madrid, where he has coached from 2013 to 2015.

Three-year deal

The Spanish club said that Ancelotti has agreed to a three-year contract and that a press conference was scheduled Wednesday.

Zidane was Ancelotti’s assistant when Madrid won its 10th European title.

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