Ancelotti dreaming of coaching Roma

AFP/File Photo: AC Milan's Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti, seen here in February 2008, admitted on Monday...












ROME (AFP) - AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti admitted on Monday that he wants to take over the reins of Serie A rivals AS Roma.

Ancelotti has won two Champions League titles with Milan, the Serie A crown and even the Club World Cup, but he has come under fire this season as his team languishes in sixth place in the league.

There has been speculation that he is slated to take over from Roberto Donadoni as Italy coach after Euro 2008 but Ancelotti has set his sights on another job.

"If I could decide to finish my career with one club, it would be really wonderful to finish it with Roma," said the former Roma player and captain on La7 programme 'Victory'.

"Rome is the most beautiful city in the world, you cannot find another comparable city anywhere."

Ancelotti spent eight seasons at Roma as a midfielder, winning the Serie A title in 1983 and claiming the Italian Cup four times.

He reached a European Cup final with Roma in 1984 where they lost to Liverpool.

He never won European honours until he joined AC Milan and was part of their successive European Cup winning sides of 1989 and 1990.

"The defeat to Liverpool in the European Cup was a great disappointment," he said.

Ancelotti's Milan were knocked out of the Champions League this season in the second round by Arsenal while Roma face Manchester United in the quarter-finals, with the first leg at the Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday.

Mon Mar 31, 2:12 PM ET