Carlo Ancelotti has told Italian newspaper La Repubblica he is negotiating the renewal of his Real Madrid contract, and is delighted to be coaching a team of "champions."
Ancelotti, 55, led Real to La Decima -- their 10th European Cup triumph -- last season and they currently sit top of La Liga having won their nine league games, and 14 in all competitions.
In quotes picked up by AS.com, the Italian coach said: "I hope [to be in the history of Madrid] not only for La Decima. I have a contract until 2016 and we are talking about my renewal.
"Real is a very well-structured club. The members name their president every four years, and they also become a tool of control. There is no tycoon, but a formidable management of the brand. Real Madrid wants the best, and as a consequence, the better they play.
"I like being called the 'trainer of champions,' but the true champions do not need trainers. They are the most serious and more professional; look at Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Spanish giants spent huge sums this summer on Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez, though Ancelotti defended Madrid's transfer policies, saying: "And who laments it? Bale is one of the biggest and, when he is fine, he always plays. James does not only have technical qualities, he is also an athlete with a great gift of resistance."
Despite the club's spending power, the coach downplayed any potential move for Barcelona's star Lionel Messi when questioned whether he would like to sign the forward, saying: "It's a rhetorical question. He will stay where [he] is because there are symbols. We have [Iker] Casillas, [Sergio] Ramos and Cristiano, and Barca have [Sergio] Busquets, [Andres] Iniesta or Messi."
Ancelotti is among the 10 coaches shortlisted for FIFA's World Coach of the Year award, though he insists that bosses such as World Cup winner Joachim Low or Diego Simeone -- the Liga-winning coach of fierce rivals Atletico Madrid -- would be more deserving recipients than him.
"Give it to Low or Simeone because Germany won the World Cup with good performances, good technical preparation and good organisation," he said, while praising his Real predecessor Jose Mourinho despite a different approach to coaching the side.
"We are different, each of us handles situations through the character we have," he added. "I only go to war if there is no way around it. In any case, Mourinho is a great coach."
The Italian also revealed that were he to return to his native country to coach, he would "only be coach of [AC] Milan" -- the club he managed to two Champions League triumphs and a Serie A title, as well as winning two European Cups and two scudettos as a Rossoneri player.