Carlo Ancelotti insists: I have no problem with the big names

30 May 2009 19:09
Who is Carlo Ancelotti and what are his plans for Chelsea? MATT LAWTON reports on the man from Milan who takes over at Stamford Bridge next week. Four European Cups and four league titles as a player and a boss, Carlo Ancelotti knows what it takes to win trophies. There isn't a manager in England with his record. So that explains why Roman Abramovich believes he is the man to bring pots back to Stamford Bridge, possibly even delivering the European Cup. It follows a season-long pursuit involving clandestine meetings in two foreign countries, bodyguards and interpreters, as well as a secrecy that made Ancelotti 'feel like James Bond'. Carlos Tevez and the Russian flying machine Yuri Zhirkov are among his early targets. To sign both will cost his new paymasters more than £40million. In Ancelotti's newly-published autobiography - Preferisco La Coppa (I Prefer The Cup) - the AC Milan coach, who is due to be declared thenew Chelsea manager on Monday, spells out his methods.

Source: Daily_Mail