Leonardo keen to make return as coach

Former AC Milan coach Leonardo has revealed he is hoping to return to coaching at some point in the near future, potentially in France.

The 47-year-old had taken over the reins at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in 2009 after Carlo Ancelotti left for Chelsea, but he joined arch-rivals Inter just a year later following the departure of Rafael Benitez, and he stayed with the Nerazzurri until 2011.

“I think I will be back soon in the football world,” Leonardo told Cadena SER.

“I would see myself as a coach, who handles the administrative part of as a sporting director, who has the technical knowledge of the game.

“I think I will come back, but as a coach.”

The Brazilian retired from playing football in 2003 and has recently been the subject of reported interest from French Ligue 1 side Olympique de Marseille for the post of sporting director.

His last job was as a sporting director but with Marseille’s French rivals Paris Saint-Germain.