Ancelotti: "I'm very happy to continue to dream at this club, with this fan base and these players"
"Real Madrid for me is, above all, a family and I feel very happy," the coach told Realmadrid TV after extending his contract.
Carlo Ancelotti spoke to Realmadrid TV and expressed his delight after extending his contract until 30 June 2026: "It's a very happy day. I'm very happy to continue to dream at this club, with these fans and these players. It's a day I have to mark on the calendar because it's a happy day."
"I have renewed because the team has been successful in recent years, as it is this year. The club can see that there is a good feeling between us and that is very important because without a good relationship between the coach and the players the club cannot be successful. Obviously, I thank the club for the renewal, but also the players, who are showing an extraordinary attitude."
Unity
"Real Madrid for me is, above all, a family. The atmosphere that this club generates it is very family-like, starting with the president. Each one of us brings out the best because we work in a family atmosphere."
Florentino Pérez
"I consider him a family man and a man who has achieved in football what nobody else has been able to achieve. He is still very highly motivated because he is the club's biggest supporter, he has been since he was a little boy and this allows him to have a special love for this shirt. He keeps the club at the top. What he has done in the last 20 years is quite important for Real Madrid, just like Santiago Bernabéu was in the era of the 1950s."
The future of the club
"This club has a great future. The past is already written and we're writing the present. Above all, it has a big future with a very young squad and very talented players. The club will be successful in the future, as it has been in the past and is being in the present. With the generation of new players coming through, Madrid's future is going to be very successful."
Unforgettable moments at Real Madrid
"There are many. Beginning with Bale's run in Valencia in the cup final, Ramos' goal in 2014 or the moments that took place in the Decimocuarta: the semi-final or the comeback against PSG. I haven't forgotten a single moment. Winning LaLiga, the Super Cup and last year's Copa del Rey. All of our titles are important and can't be forgotten."
His impressive numbers in the European Cup
"What is done is done. I look forward and when they tell me that I have won four European Cups I only think about winning the fifth next year."
The differences between the Ancelotti who arrived in 2013 and the current one
"I don't think I've changed as a person or in the way I coach. Maybe I have a bit more knowledge because I have more experience."
His coaching staff
"It's young and very enthusiastic. They're eager to find new things for training and new technology... it helps us a lot on a day-to-day basis."
The new Bernabéu
"I'd like to be coaching the team when the new Bernabéu is officially opened. This renewal might mean that the day this team plays its first game at the new Bernabéu, I'll be on the bench. This is good for me."
His message to madridistas
"I wish all madridistas a happy 2024. We'll do it together and together we'll try to achieve as much as possible."