Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti is set to leave the Spanish club at the end of the season to become the new national team coach of Brazil.

Carlo Ancelotti will become the next head coach of Brazil when he leaves Real Madrid at the end of the season. The Italian will bid farewell to the Bernabeu ahead of the Club World Cup, with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) detailing his official start date as May 26 after talks were facilitated by intermediary Diego Fernandes.

Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has been appointed as the new head coach of Brazil. Ancelotti will take charge of the Selecao at the end of the current LaLiga season, with his official start date on May 26. Madrid’s final game of the campaign takes place a day earlier, at home to Real Sociedad.