Ancelotti- "I was hoping Tottenham or Arsenal would become available"
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."
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