Alonso has 'every door open': Real Madrid's Ancelotti

Madrid: Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso has been heavily linked with replacing Carlo Ancelotti at Real Madrid and the veteran manager admitted Satu...

Madrid: Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso has been heavily linked with replacing Carlo Ancelotti at Real Madrid and the veteran manager admitted Saturday "every door" is open to the Spaniard.

Ancelotti is expected to leave Madrid at the end of the current campaign with Spanish media reporting former Los Blancos midfielder Alonso will take over next season.

Alonso, 43, said Friday he will leave Leverkusen at the end of the current campaign.

"I read that, that he's leaving Bayer Leverkusen, where he has done a fantastic job," Ancelotti told a news conference.

"He has every door open to him because he's shown he is one of the best coaches in the world."