De Rossi: ‘Ancelotti wanted to sign me…’ was it at Chelsea or Real Madrid?
“I think he [Ancelotti] would be an ideal candidate for the national team job. He is a winner, everybody loves him, it would be important to hire him but I’m not here to give advices to anybody. He had been trying to sign me several times, but then he said he wanted to coach Roma, I can’t remember which club he wanted me to join (laughs).”
It is no secret that Ancelotti would have loved to take De Rossi to Real Madrid when the Italian tactician was in charge of the La Liga giants. De Rossi, however, has always rejected to join any club in order not to betray Roma and their fans.