Carlo Ancelotti has managed Real Madrid, Juventus, AC Milan, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain, but his long-held ambition is to become manager of the Italian national team.

"My dream is to coach the Italian national team," Ancelotti said at a conference at a university. "And I hope in the future to realise it, because I'd like to win a World Cup with Italy."

Ancelotti is 55 years old and is in his second season with Real Madrid.

FIFA is under pressure to agree to a shortened World Cup in 2022 as compensation for moving the tournament to the winter.

The task force wants to avoid holding the tournament in the summer in Qatar.

One task force member, who wished to remain anonymous, told Press Association Sport: “It is almost certain that November/December will be agreed but the trade-offs will be for a cut in the length of the World Cup and the preparation period beforehand.

“The leagues have been forceful in arguing that you only need two weeks’ preparation rather than the usual three or four, and that the tournament does not need to be as long as the 32 days it was in Brazil.

“The players from northern hemisphere clubs, which is the majority, will be fresher than usual and the logistics of Qatar mean it will be less than two hours’ drive to every stadium so there will be no travel days for teams.

“For example you probably don’t need five days between the semi-final and final – 72 hours should be long enough.”

The 2022 World Cup will be moved to November and December in Qatar, according to multiple sources.

A FIFA task force will meet in Doha next week and make that recommendation, and the FIFA Executive Committee is set to make the decision final at its meeting in Zurich next month.

It is unclear if the Confederations Cup, played a year before the World Cup, will also be moved to the winter and impact the club season.

FIFA has granted an extension of World Cup and Women's World Cup to Fox and Telemundo to continue televising those events in the United States through 2026.

“We are truly honored that FIFA has elected to extend Fox Sports’ rights to the portfolio of FIFA events including the FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women’s World Cup through 2026,” said a Fox Sports spokesperson. “These events are some of the world’s most important sports competitions, and it is our privilege to be entrusted with these rights in the United States. We’re looking forward to the kickoff of FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 in June with great anticipation.”

An ESPN source said the network was unaware of any negotiations for FIFA media rights in the U.S.

Tweeted ESPN’s Bob Ley, one of the signature anchors of ESPN’s soccer coverage: “Did FIFA just grant rights to WC2026 without opening it up to bidding? #typicalFIFA"

In 2011 Fox outbid ESPN and NBC for the U.S. English-speaking rights–Sports Business Journal reported the total rights fee to be between $400 million to $500 million–while NBCUniversal’s Telemundo paid $600 million for the U.S. Spanish TV rights.