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Milan - AC Milan has issued an ultimatum to Carlo Ancelotti if he wants to remain the club's coach finish at least third in the Serie A and guarantee a return to the Champions League.
The announcement follows a week in which Milan lost 2-1 to Sampdoria and was eliminated from the UEFA Cup by Werder Bremen.
Milan, which flew out on Tuesday for a midweek friendly in Doha, Qatar, is third in the Serie A with 48 points. Inter Milan leads with 60 points, followed by Juventus with 53.
"Carlo Ancelotti will stay if we finish third," Milan chairpersom Adriano Galliani said on Gazzetta dello Sport's website.
The top three Serie A teams qualify directly to the Champions League, while the fourth-place finisher must play a qualifying round.
Three clubs - Fiorentina (46 points), Genoa (45), and AS Roma (44) - are right behind Milan.
"We're having some trouble right now, it's true, but we have a lot of injuries and we're not 100 percent," Ancelotti said in Doha, according to Milan's Web site.
"As far as my future goes, clearly if Milan doesn't reach its goal of third place something could change, also for me. But I'm convinced that we're going to finish third and therefore there won't be any problem."
