



Real Madrid Manager Carlo Ancelotti said he still has plenty of time to make a decision over his contract with the La Liga club, despite being repeatedly linked with the top job at the Brazil National team. Ancelotti’s contract is due to expire at the end of the season, with ex-Brazilian FA (CBF) president, Ednaldo Rodrigues, having said the 64-year-old is the preferred candidate to replace Tite, who left after Brazil’s quarter-final exit at last year’s World Cup. Asked in a press conference if Real would award him a new contract as a Christmas present, Ancelotti quipped: “I already got my present, which was to stay here as the head coach of Real Madrid and that is the most important thing.