Carlo Ancelotti has said no to
the Italy coaching job that became vacant after Gian Piero
Ventura was sacked following Italy's failure to qualify for the
World Cup for the first time in 60 years.
"(Italian Soccer Federation) FIGC has contacted me for the
coaching job but I don't want to change jobs. It would be a
dream to sit on the Azzurri bench but being a (club) manager is
one thing, being a national head coach is another," Ancelotti
told RAI TV Sunday night.
Ancelotti was favourite to take up the post after Sweden beat
Italy in a qualifying play-off for next year's tournament in
Russia, the first time the Azzurri will not go to a World Cup
since Sweden in 1958.
"I want to coach another club," stressed the former manager
of Bayern Munich, PSG, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Juve and AC Milan,
sacked by the Bavarian giants in October.
He was recently linked to a return to Milan after Vincenzo
Montella was fired, but the job went to Gennaro Gattuso.
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