Alvaro Arbeloa is being linked with a return to Real Madrid after Carlo Ancelotti's appointment.

Marca says Ancelotti's coaching team is now set to be put together in the capital and Arbeloa has emerged as a frontrunner to be his right-hand man. Arbeloa is very much a Real Madrid man and his appointment would be well received.

Arbeloa would take over from Fernando Hierro and Zinedine Zidane, who were Ancelotti's assistants in his previous spell at the club. Zidane was by his side in his first season, wherein Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey and the Champions League.

Zidane then took the Castilla job for the 2014/15 season and Hierro took his place as second in command. Now with Ancelotti returning, Arbeloa is believed to be the ideal candidate.