She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
17-01-2012, 04:27 PM
PSG manager and former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti admits he was waiting for a job at Tottenham or Arsenal before the Ligue 1 side came calling.
The Italian joined the French club in December after being sacked by Blues’ owner Roman Abramovich at the end of last season.
However, the 52-year-old concedes he had hoped to replace either Harry Redknapp or Arsene Wenger in north London.
He told Gazzetta dello Sport: "I was keen on a year-long sabbatical, hoping that in the summer a job like Tottenham or Arsenal - a top London bench - would become available, but I was tired of not working.
"Al Thani [PSG chairman] is similar to Abramovich in one thing: he doesn't like it when people talk about him, rather than the team. [AC Milan owner Silvio] Berlusconi was a different thing from them both."
The former AC Milan manager also admitted that he found Abramovich “very cold” and insists football in Ligue 1 allows for much more versatile tactics than the Premier League.
"When Abramovich fired me, he was very cold. He said me good luck and stopped,” he added.
"He knew that I wasn't in agreement with that decision and he preferred to avoid talking about it in detail.
"Ligue 1 is tactically more various than Premier League. In England it isn't difficult, every team plays in pretty much the same way."
thoughts?
The Italian joined the French club in December after being sacked by Blues’ owner Roman Abramovich at the end of last season.
However, the 52-year-old concedes he had hoped to replace either Harry Redknapp or Arsene Wenger in north London.
He told Gazzetta dello Sport: "I was keen on a year-long sabbatical, hoping that in the summer a job like Tottenham or Arsenal - a top London bench - would become available, but I was tired of not working.
"Al Thani [PSG chairman] is similar to Abramovich in one thing: he doesn't like it when people talk about him, rather than the team. [AC Milan owner Silvio] Berlusconi was a different thing from them both."
The former AC Milan manager also admitted that he found Abramovich “very cold” and insists football in Ligue 1 allows for much more versatile tactics than the Premier League.
"When Abramovich fired me, he was very cold. He said me good luck and stopped,” he added.
"He knew that I wasn't in agreement with that decision and he preferred to avoid talking about it in detail.
"Ligue 1 is tactically more various than Premier League. In England it isn't difficult, every team plays in pretty much the same way."
thoughts?