CARLO ANCELOTTI admitted that Real Madrid will be his last job in club management – amid interest from Brazil’s national team.
The 65-year-old is three years into his second spell at Real Madrid and has a contract with the LaLiga champions that runs until 2026.
Questions over Ancelotti’s future with Madrid lingered throughout 2023 before he signed a new deal in December.
This was around the time he was constantly being linked to the Brazil job.
President of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Ednaldo Rodrigues, said last year that Ancelotti was an obvious choice for the role.
Ancelotti told the Obi One Podcast: “I think it will be my last club, I have to say.
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“If there would be an opportunity for a national team, I don’t know.
“I’m not so excited to be in a national team for the fact that I would lose what I like more, the day-by-day.
“The day-by-day I like. To be here, to prepare the training, to talk to the players, to prepare the games.
“This is my 29th season as a coach. It’s true that I have won a lot but imagine the number of titles I lost. I lost a lot.”
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Ancelotti has enjoyed a coaching career spanning 32 years, winning league titles in five different countries.
His five Champions League titles make him the most successful manager in the history of the competition.
He has won Serie A with Roma and AC Milan, the Premier League with Chelsea and Ligue 1 with PSG.
Before winning the the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich and two LaLiga titles with Real Madrid.
The Italian was also Everton’s boss for 18 months from December 2019, until Madrid came calling when Zinedine Zidane stood down in May 2021.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
