Silvio Berlusconi has reportedly turned down Unai Emery, Maurizio Sarri and Sinisa Mihajlovic and it looks like Antonio Conte and Vincenzo Montella are the only candidates left.

The search for the next coach continues as it’s clear that Filippo Inzaghi, despite publicly asking for more chances, won’t have confidence in him renewed and will look to continue his career elsewhere.

Mediaset pundit Maurizio Pistocchi revealed yesterday that Milan have an agreement in place with Sevilla boss Unai Emery but according to a Sky Italia report from Monday evening, Emery is not the one club President Berlusconi wants.

Sky claims that Berlusconi has decided to reject the prospects of hiring Sevilla’s Emery, Empoli’s Maurizio Sarri and Sampdoria’s Sinisia Mihajlovic. The Italian TV station believes that unless Carlo Ancelotti makes an unexpected decision and accepts Milan’s offer to return then the top candidates to replace Inzaghi are Italy boss Antonio Conte and Fiorentina’s Vincenzo Montella.

Ancelotti meanwhile has confirmed his desire to take a year off as his Real Madrid contract will soon be terminated. “I said it at the Press conference, and I can only repeat it – I’ll stop for a year,” Ancelotti said. I also have a very serious reason to stop, I need to have an operation for cervical stenosis.

“For some time I’ve been having tingling in my hands, if I wait any longer it may spread to my legs, so I’ve made an appointment for surgery. Frankly I don’t know how long I’ll have to physically stop, for the postoperative phase and subsequent rehabilitation.

“Galliani is in Madrid? It’ll be a pleasure to have guests for dinner, but I can’t change the schedule. The die is cast. Milan? I’ve always said and thought that if one day I return to coach a club in Italy, I could only do it with Milan. Their future? I know they have big plans, and they want to invest and revive the team. It won’t be easy though, as the clubs who have big players will want to keep them.”

Everything is still a rumour of course and the only certainly is that Inzaghi will leave Milan.