Kaká in the last-chance saloon

Kaká is prepared to take the last available opportunity to be a success with Real Madrid. Whether he remains with 'Los Blancos' depends heavily on Carlo Ancelotti's arrival at the Santiago Bernabéu. The Brazilian sees the potential signing of the Italian coach as a turn up for the books. And he really is in the last-chance saloon if he hopes to play at the Brazil World Cup in 2014.

The Italian coach is the last unknown that Kaká is pinning all his hopes on. He had planned to look for the best possible path out of Real Madrid, but Ancelotti's arrival could change the plans of both the player and the club. Nobody knows the Brazilian midfielder better than Ancelotti, having shared six seasons with him at Milan.