Chelsea Agree Deal With Ancelotti
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Carlo Ancelotti is on the verge of taking over as coach of Chelsea, as Sky Sports News claims that the Milan boss' representatives have agreed a deal for him to move to Stamford Bridge.
Ancelotti has been strongly linked with taking over at Chelsea ever since the sacking of Avram Grant just under a fortnight ago.
Sky Sports News claims that the Milan coach's representatives held talks with Chelsea officials this afternoon which resulted in an agreement for him to move to West London.
Now all that remains is for Ancelotti to give his final go-ahead to the deal, and for the Blues to agree a compensation package with Milan.
This all follows reports in the Italian media that Ancelotti met with Roman Abramovich in Paris last night at the Four Seasons George V hotel near the Eiffel Tower, where the Chelsea owner offered the Italian a four-year contract.
The meeting was long and thorough, and the Russian billionaire offered Carletto 7.2 million Euros net per year, as well as 100 million Euros to invest immediately on transfers, with the first target being Kaka.
Assistant coach to Ancelotti will reportedly be former Chelsea playing legend Gianfranco Zola, who is currently working with the Italy Under-21 national team.
Milan Vice President Adriano Galliani has admitted that Ancelotti was in Paris last night but denied it was to have talks with Abramovich."I spoke with Ancelotti. He was in Paris, but not to meet Abramovich. He was in Paris for business," said the transfer guru.
Whatever the exact truth, it certainly seems that Chelsea are homing on their new manager.
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wtf? roman wants attacking football, is ancelotti the man to bring it? i don't think so.
his milan and juventus teams of the past doesn't seem much different the present chelsea.
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Our Carletto? Hell no!
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*Update from a friend in Milan*
Ancelotti:"There's no problem. I'll remain in AC Milan"
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fat version of JM
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CHELSEA were left reeling after Carlo Ancelotti embarrassingly snubbed the chance to become Blues boss. The AC Milan manager could have pocketed a three-year deal worth £18million — but yesterday he told his Italian bosses: “I am 150 per cent staying with Milan.”
His shock decision leaves Blues owner Roman Abramovich with little option but to turn to original favourites Roberto Mancini and Frank Rijkaard. Portugal manager Felipe Scolari could also be a contender once this month’s European Championships are over.
The Chelsea bombshell began with a lunchtime meeting in Paris on Monday, when Abramovich personally spelt out the deal to Ancelotti. But just 24 hours later Ancelotti emerged from showdown talks with Milan chief Adriano Galliano to confirm he was staying.
He said: “I am staying with Milan 150 per cent, there is no reason to doubt that.
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Originally posted by zocoss:
CHELSEA were left reeling after Carlo Ancelotti embarrassingly snubbed the chance to become Blues boss. The AC Milan manager could have pocketed a three-year deal worth £18million — but yesterday he told his Italian bosses: “I am 150 per cent staying with Milan.”
His shock decision leaves Blues owner Roman Abramovich with little option but to turn to original favourites Roberto Mancini and Frank Rijkaard. Portugal manager Felipe Scolari could also be a contender once this month’s European Championships are over.
The Chelsea bombshell began with a lunchtime meeting in Paris on Monday, when Abramovich personally spelt out the deal to Ancelotti. But just 24 hours later Ancelotti emerged from showdown talks with Milan chief Adriano Galliano to confirm he was staying.
He said: “I am staying with Milan 150 per cent, there is no reason to doubt that.
he staying but does milan wants him 0.o
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ROMAN ABRAMOVICH has found out again that money cannot buy you everything. He thought his search for a new coach had secured him Carlo Ancelotti. But, instead, he ended up with egg on his face.
Why? Because Ancelotti loves AC Milan more than he loves a buck. Despite the offer of a three-year contract worth £18million, the 48-year-old Italian spurned Chelsea’s advances and decided to stay at Milan on £3.8m a year.
It is a bitter personal blow to billionaire Abramovich, who took on the role himself of finding a replacement for Avram Grant. Having admitted the mistake of employing his friend Grant in the first place, Red Rom proudly decided he would make amends. That vow led him to Ancelotti, who he has known and admired for the last four years.
Yet it was an incredible whirlwind of a courtship between the Blues and Ancelotti which began on the banks of Lake Geneva last week. As SunSport revealed, the two men had dinner in a restaurant in the Swiss city nine days ago, when Abramovich invited the San Siro chief to offer him some advice.
The Chelsea supremo was told he should look no further than Frank Rijkaard or Roberto Mancini in his search for a new coach. Both men, he told Abramovich, would make a good choice as coach for Chelsea. Ancelotti did not ask for the permission of his club officials before speaking to Abramovich, as the discussion was informal and not a job interview.
After speaking for more than two hours on a whole range of football issues, though, Abramovich left the meeting convinced he had just spoken with his club’s new manager. A second meeting was arranged for last weekend, thought to have taken place aboard Abramovich’s yacht on the Adriatic. This time the Russian was not so coy and asked Ancelotti for a blunt assessment of the Chelsea squad and how it could be improved to win the Champions League.
Supremely qualified to give an opinion — Ancelotti has won two more European Cups as a coach — the two men talked seriously. For the AC Milan boss, meeting with another club’s owner did not seem like betrayal. After all, the Rossonieri faithful who used to idolise him had turned after a season in which their heroes did not qualify for the Champions League.
The club’s vice- president, Adriano Galliani, then made public his knowledge of Chelsea’s interest — even though Ancelotti had asked him not to. For the embattled coach, it seemed like the end of a seven-year stint as boss at the San Siro. A call was made to his lawyer on Monday, asking if the two sides could meet in Paris to finalise a deal.
No doubt Ancelotti would have cast his mind back to August 1, 2004 and the first time he came across Abramovich. Their friendship initially sparked in the tunnel of Lincoln Field Stadium, Pennsylvania. It was just six weeks since Jose Mourinho had been appointed Chelsea manager and they and AC Milan were due to meet the following day in a friendly in Philadelphia.
While Mourinho was busy taking a warm-up, Abramovich and his then wife Irina stopped to chat with the charming, grey-haired Italian. It looked a strange meeting between the suave Ancelotti and the slightly dishevelled supremo of Stamford Bridge in jeans and trainers.
But language was no barrier to the conversation. Andriy Shevchenko happily acted as translator. Red Rom and Ancelotti spoke for more than 10 minutes about all sorts of football topics. The following day, Abramovich watched his new Portuguese boss lose 3-2 to the Italian master. He congratulated Ancelotti afterwards and the men exchanged mobile phone numbers.
Abramovich did not use the number for nine months, until after watching Ancelotti’s men lose the Champions League final to Liverpool on penalties in Istanbul. The message he sent to the Italian was: “You did not deserve to lose. It was a great injustice.”
Having seen AC Milan triumph over Liverpool in Athens since then, Abramovich became more convinced than ever that Ancelotti was the man to take his club to a higher level.
Monday’s Paris meeting ended with a cordial handshake with the Italian and his advisors. Abramovich was convinced he had his man. Meanwhile Ancelotti returned to Milan with an ultimatum for the club he loves and was told any demands he had to stay would be met.
For Chelsea and Abramovich, it is a familiar story. Alex Ferguson and Sven Goran Eriksson have both said ‘No’ to managing the club in the past. Abramovich is a man used to getting his own way. But he might just now be starting to wonder exactly which top boss does still want one of the most prestigious posts in football.
Chelsea Statement
CHELSEA last night issued a statement to deny they had offered the manager’s job to AC Milan chief Carlo Ancelotti.
The club insisted that they had not approached ANY club for permission to talk to their manager but claimed their search for a successor to the sacked Avram Grant was progressing well.
It said: ''Contrary to reports, Chelsea Football Club has not reached agreement with any individual to become manager, nor have we sought permission from any organisation to talk to their manager.
''We are extremely happy how our search is progressing.''
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i want scolari.
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All the nonsense about the Rossoneri and the fans wanting Carletto out is just that - nonsense. He's delivered trophies, and real fans know that he's good enough to bounce back from last season and reinforce the team.
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i doubt milan are stupid enough to let him go.