Excellent news for Spanish football and also for that of League. Luis de la Fuente, Carlo Ancelotti, Xabi Alonso And Pep Guardiola have been nominated for the best coach of the year, a new award that will be presented on October 28 during the gala of the Golden Ball. Of the six candidates, three are Spanish and four are Spanish speakers, since Lionel Scaloniselector Argentinais also on this list. The remaining nomination is for Gian Piero Gasperini.
All of them have gathered merits to win the honor of being the best coach of the year, but without a doubt the first two have more than the others. In the case of De la Fuente, in his second participation in an international tournament for national teams – the first was the League of Nations and he won it too – gave Spain its fourth European Cupalso generating a batch of footballers destined to mark an era.
Nominated for the 2024 Men’s Coach of the Year Award
Luis De la Fuente @SEFutbol #ballondor #coachoftheyear pic.twitter.com/AM6KdMupbs
– Ballon d’Or (@ballondor) September 4, 2024
And with Ancelotti the qualifications end. Without ever giving a but, nor any excuse, the the real Madrid he lifted his fifteenth with the Italian on the bench Champions League and also the League and the Spanish Super CupLast December he renewed until 2026 and his second career with the white club is simply unbeatable.
Nominated for the 2024 Men’s Coach of the Year Award @MrAncelotti @real Madrid #ballondor #coachoftheyear pic.twitter.com/3vF1fqsA4F
– Ballon d’Or (@ballondor) September 4, 2024
The other two Spaniards are Xabi Alonso and Guardiola. The former reached a milestone in German and European football by playing 54 games without losing. In addition, he dethroned the Bayern Munich to win the Bundesliga and also became his own Bayer Leverkusen with the German Cup. On the other hand, Catalan led to Manchester City at his tenth Premier Leaguethe fourth in a row.
De la Fuente, Ancelotti and Xabi Alonso among the six nominees
These are the six coaches in the running for the Coach of the Year award: Luis de la Fuente, Carlo Ancelotti, Xabi Alonso, Pep Guardiola, Lionel Scaloni and Gian Piero Gasperini.
