Castilla Luis Miguel Ramis announced his departure

Santiago Solari is the leading candidate to take over as coach of Real Madrid Castilla, the club's B team.

Luis Miguel Ramis - who replaced Zinedine Zidane in the Castilla dugout in January following the Frenchman's promotion to the senior team - announced on Monday that he will not be continuing.

When the Catalan was promoted up the food chain from the Juvenil A side, the place he left behind was filled by Solari, who now looks like replacing Ramis once again.

It has been a rapid rise for the Argentine and ex-Real Madrid player, who has overseen the Cadete B, Cadete A, Juvenil B and Juvenil A since he arrived as a coach in 2013.

Not only did he win the championship with both Cadete sides, but the 39-year-old has also led Juvenil A to this Sunday's Copa del Rey Juvenil final against city rivals Atletico Madrid in Mallorca.

Castilla reached the Segunda B play-offs in the 2015/16 season, but missed out on promotion to Spanish football's second tier.