Bayer Leverkusen head coach Xabi Alonso will take over at Real Madrid next summer when Carlo Ancelotti leaves to take charge of the Brazil national team.
They are sure of this in Spain.
Alonso has been the coach of the German team since October last year.
This season, with 13 points, his team is second in the Bundesliga after 5 rounds behind Bayern, who have the same asset.