AC Milan are bidding to lure back Carlo Ancelotti,
who was sacked this week by Spanish giants Real
Madrid, the Italian club’s vice-president Adriano
Galliani confirmed on Thursday.
Ancelotti lead Real to their 10th elite European
title last season but was sacked after the club
finished runners-up to Barcelona in La Liga and
lost to Juventus in the semi-finals of this year’s
Champions League.
“The deadline for a reply is Wednesday, June 3,”
Galliani told journalists after meeting with the 55-
year-old Italian at Madrid’s Wellington Hotel.
“I’ll make my decision on Wednesday,” Ancelotti
confirmed, adding that he had “always gotten on
well with Galliani”.
As for the “sabbatical year” that Ancelotti had
said he was considering after his sacking, he
added simply “we’ll see”.
“Carlo wanted to take a year out, we’re hoping to
convince him to accept Milan,” said Galliani,
whose side are tenth in the Serie A with one
match left this season.
“He still has some days to think about it, he told
me the chances were 50-50.”
The affable coach had said last weekend he
would either stay at Real Madrid or take a year
off to undergo surgery on a worsening and urgent
health problem.
“I must have a back operation because of spinal
stenosis that for some time creates a tingle in my
hands,” he told Italian newspaper Il Giornale.
“I don’t know how long the period of recovery will
be,” he added. “But I can assure you that I’ve had
plenty of (job) offers from Italy, England,
Germany.”
Ancelotti coached AC Milan from 2001 to 2009,
winning the Serie A in 2004 and two Champions
League titles in 2003 and 2007, he also won the
old European Cup twice as a player with AC Milan
in 1989 and 1990.
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