📣 Ancelotti on Copa respect, Bale situation and first team fitness | OneFootball

Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has been speaking to the media ahead of their Copa del Rey clash with Alcoyano on Wednesday.

Here are some of the best quotes.

On resting players

“Benzema, Mendy, Modric, and Courtois won’t play tomorrow. Lunin will start.

Bale? He’s not feeling good, he worked individually today – he won’t play tomorrow. But potentially he could play against Valencia or the Super Cup.”

“Ceballos is available – I’d like him to play, he’s doing well in training – so he could be an important player for the rest of the season.”

On January signings

“My squad is well, I don’t need any signings in this window.”

On summer signings

Well, this club is always working to improve the squad. Next season is already planned.”

On respecting Copa del Rey

“We need to honour this competition, we respect all of our rivals – I’ll play my best available starting XI tomorrow.”

On Alcoyano loss last season

“The players told me about it, they know what happened – but it can not happen again tomorrow.”

On Bale situation

“Bale is focused on Real Madrid, he has 6 months left and he wants to respect his contract.”