Real Madrid are in the business of recruiting the top players and managers in the world, but rarely have to worry about other entities coming in for their star names. However they are facing an offensive for manager Carlo Ancelotti.
It has been a turbulent season at AS Roma, which has seen Daniele de Rossi swiftly dismissed for Ivan Juric at the start of the season. The Croatian did not last more than a few months, before club legend Claudio Ranieri was parachuted in to arrest their struggles. Around the same time there were rumours that the Giallorossi could be interested in Ancelotti at the time too.
According to Diario AS, Roma have opened contacts with Ancelotti's camp to try and persuade him to join them at the end of the season. The Friedkin family see Ancelotti as the answer to their problems though, and now are personally involved in an effort to bring him in.