Ferrero and Alcaraz, together again?

It has been a few weeks since Juan Carlos Ferrero announced his return to the circuit starting in 2027. But which player will he coach? Why hasn't anyone considered that it could be Carlos Alcaraz?

I know, it's hard to think about. Things didn’t end too well at the end of 2025, although both have repeatedly expressed the affection they still have for each other and how important they were to one another throughout their journey. Dinara Safina, during a chat on Best Tennis Podcast, did not hesitate to take the most unexpected route.

The former world number one suggested that the Spanish coach might return to sit on Alcaraz’s bench after having ended their successful professional relationship a year ago. “For some reason, it tells me that he will come back with Alcaraz. I don’t know, I could be wrong,” Safina said on the podcast.

The Russian even dismissed other possibilities that have surfaced regarding Ferrero's future. “They’ve talked about Sinner and a few others, but I don’t think so. I don’t believe Jódar either. But I insist, I could be wrong,” she explained. Her desire, in any case, seems to be more related to an intuition than to concrete information.

Alcaraz and Ferrero, a return that is not ruled out

Safina used the recent reunion between Amanda Anisimova and her former coach as an example to explain why she would like to see a similar story between Ferrero and Alcaraz. “I would also like Alcaraz to return. He is good, maybe he understood: ‘I can’t do it without him’,” she stated. The truth is that Ferrero has confirmed that he will return to the circuit in 2027, although he has been adamant about keeping the identity of his next player a secret. “I think I will return to the circuit, but I still can't tell you who with,” he explained recently.

Well, Ferrero returns to coaching in 2027. 

Come on, make your predictions about who the pupil will be. 

I’ll start: Rafa Jódar. pic.twitter.com/SWdQpySY8J

— Alcatraz (@RufiEnLancha) September 15, 2026

The Valencian ended his collaboration with Alcaraz in December 2025 after seven years of working together. Since then, Samuel López has taken on a leading role in the Murcian's team, while Ferrero has taken 2026 as a year of rest before returning to the benches.

In fact, Ferrero has not completely closed the door on a future reunion with Alcaraz. In March, he acknowledged that there is a pending conversation between the two and even stated that if the Murcian ever asked him to return, “he couldn’t say no to him.” For now, everything remains in the realm of possibilities. Ferrero will return in 2027, but has not revealed with whom. Safina, in the meantime, has already put a name on the table: Alcaraz. Can you imagine it?

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