MILAN, Italy (AP) -- AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti hopes David Beckham can stay at the Serie A club beyond his short-term contract, which expires in March.
The England midfielder scored his first goal for AC Milan on Sunday in the team's 4-1 victory over Bologna.
"In football anything's possible," Ancelotti said Monday, speaking on a radio show. "Beckham knows what our wish is. We all hope that he can stay with us."
Ancelotti, however, stressed that the choice rests with Beckham and that Milan would exert no pressure.
Beckham, who is on a three-month loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy, is due to return to Major League Soccer on March 9.
"Once Beckham goes back to America on March 9, we'd certainly be saddened," Ancelotti said. But "there will be no kind of pressure from the club. The choice is only and exclusively his."
Beckham has started all three of Milan's matches since he arrived, and Ancelotti gave him credit for jelling with the team. He credited Beckham's "desire to play again in an important league, his intelligence and seriousness."
Beckham said after the game Sunday that he is having a "great time" in Milan.
Speaking about his future, he said: "We'll have to see."
AC Milan is third in the Serie A, behind Inter Milan and Juventus.
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