Cech: Ancelotti right man for Chelsea - let's keep him here

• limpper

  6 Jul 09, 17:24

  Ancelotti right man for Chelsea - let's keep him here

  Petr Cech says Carlo Ancelotti is the right managerial appointment at Chelsea.

  "If you look at Ancelotti's record you would say that we cannot make any mistake appointing this manager," Cech told the Mirror. "For me, he is the right man for the club. Hopefully he will be successful and he will stay for at least seven years which would be good."

  Chelsea have had a quick succession of managers, with Luiz Felipe Scolari and Avram Grant coming and going swiftly after the departure of Jose Mourinho. Cech wants Ancelotti to be allowed to build for the long-term.

  "It's always better if you have one manager for a long period because then you can build the team," he said. "In football you always have two or three changes in the team every summer and it changes the atmosphere and the life among the group. So the ideal scenario is to have the same manager for five or six years but in football it is hard to get that."

• limpper

  6 Jul 09, 17:25

  Cech: Clubs must be clever with their transfer spending

  Petr Cech is keen to see Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti make more of the talent in the club's academy.

  "Just buying will never bring you success unless you know exactly where you want to go," he said in an interview with the Independent and Daily Mirror to promote his football academy in Prague.

  "At the moment it looks like [Manchester] City know what their plan is. They try to buy defenders, they have bought strikers and midfielders. I would say that they have a good idea of what they want to achieve.

  "The second example is Real Madrid, they have spent a lot of money on strikers and midfielders yet their biggest problem last season was in defence. You cannot always win 5-3. If you spend a lot you need to get the right players in the right positions, not just because you want to show you have the money. The most important thing is the vision."

• marcteng

  6 Jul 09, 19:05

  provided roman dun sack him at the end of the season if chelsea dun win the epl title or cl.