Mourinho – Chelsea said “No!” to Ashley Cole Transfer

The Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho admitted that he was keen on buying Ashley Cole from Chelsea, but he says that he has accepted the response from Carlo Ancelotti that Cole is not for sale.
“We thought about him because he’s a good player who I enjoyed working with. But when a coach says ‘no’ it’s [...]

Ancelotti – Alex, Cech, Bosingwa and Drogba won’t start against Man Utd

The Community Shield is looming just a week away, and Carlo Ancelotti is not happy at all with the fitness of his team so close to the start of the season. Luckily Chelsea’s opening League games are not against the best teams so hopefully it will give the squad time to regain their fitness, but [...]

Carlo Ancelotti not happy after third defeat in a row for Chelsea

The Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is hardly going to be happy that his side have now lost all three pre-season games, but is sure that the players fitness and concentration levels are still not up to speed ahead of the new season.
“We are making a lot of mistakes in this moment.” said Ancelotti. “We know [...]

Ashley Cole asks Ancelotti to let him leave for Real Madrid!

The worst has happened. It is being reported this morning that Ashley Cole has spoken to Carlo Ancelotti, and told him that he wants to leave England to get away from the flak over his acrimonious, and very public, divorce from Cheryl Cole.
A “source” told Sport of the World this morning: “It was a [...]

Ancelotti – Chelsea must keep winning or it will all go sour

The Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti knows that the team can’t rest on their laurels after winning the Double last year. The World Cup players have to pick themselves up and return immediately to winning ways again.
He said: “All my Musketeers, including Drogba, Malouda, Lampard and Terry, have played in a World Cup which has lowered [...]

Mourinho – Chelsea can’t have Kaka!

It has been widely reported that Chelsea were keen to make a £50m bid for the former World-Player-of-the-Year Kaka as it seemed he had fallen out of favour at Real Madrid. The incoming manager Jose Mourinho was believed to want to sell Kaka to raise the funds for him to bring in his own targets, [...]

Chelsea transfer rumours May 16th – Kaka, Aguero, Torres, Modric and Ashley Cole

There is some serious Chelsea transfer news about today, and the Double winners (I love saying that!) are being linked with some of the most famous players in the world.
You can’t get much bigger than Kaka, who is an ex-World Player of the Year, and the second most expensive signing ever (behind his team-mate Ronaldo [...]

Chelsea transfer rumours May 12th – Pato, Ireland, Schmeichel, Ballack and Ashley Cole!

The main bit of Chelsea transfer news today is that Ancelotti is planning a summer clearout of all the oldies in the team, to make room for the youngsters being promoted from the reserves, and perhaps a “marquee signing?”
We already know that Deco is on his way back to Brazil, and Juliano Beletti has also [...]

Ancelotti – Joe Cole won’t be going to Tottenham, Man City or Man Utd!

The Chelsea striker Joe Cole is out of contract at Stamford Bridge in a couple of weeks, and there have been numerous rumours that he is being wanted by Tottenham, Man Utd and Man City, but the Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti is certain that the 28 year-old won’t be going anywhere!
“I think that Joe Cole [...]

Ancelotti – Liverpool win was the key to the title

The Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti was extremely pleased with the way his team calmly took the three points at Anfield, and says that victory was “the key” to winning the Premiership.
“This game was the key in the fight for the title and we played very well,” said Ancelotti. “We deserved to win. Defensively we did [...]

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Ancelotti – Five youngsters will be promoted to first team this summer

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has given a hint that there will be a major overhaul of his team this summer, and says that five promising youngsters will be promoted to the Chelsea first team squad for next season.
There has been a ban on talking to players about extending their contracts until the end of the [...]

Ancelotti – Chelsea now have to win all three games!

The Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti saw his team let slip a commanding lead at the top of the Premiership yesterday, but is happy that they are still at the top of the league, albeit by only one point.
He says that Chelsea must just relax and win their three remaining game, and then no-one can catch [...]

Ancelotti – It’s impossible for Chelsea to lose concentration

Carlo Ancelotti has refused to get involved in any “mind games” with Sir Alex Ferguson, who was quoted as saying that Chelsea have an easy game at home to Bolton this evening. He maintains that Chelsea just have to retain the concentration that has seen them win their last four games easily.
“At this moment of [...]

Ancelotti loves Wembley, but he says every game is a final now

The Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti went to Wembley for the second time since he joined the Blues, and says that he loves the atmosphere. He also thought that Aston Villa made it very hard for his team in the first half, but Chelsea came through and comfortably won 3-0 in the end.
“Every time I come [...]

Ballack – Chelsea have to win something for Ancelotti

The Germany captain Michael Ballack believes that Carlo Ancelotti is the right manager for Chelsea, but the players have to repay his trust in them by winning a trophy for him.
“The coach is the guy who shows us in which direction we have to go, and everyone follows him,” Ballack said. “He’s the boss. Here, [...]

Ancelotti – Joe Cole will sign, It’s just an “economic problem”

Joe Cole scored his first goal for Chelsea in 6 months, but it couldn’t have been more important. There have been many rumours that Joey wasn’t happy with the way the new contract talks were going, and he was thinking about moving to Old Trafford (Yeah right….)
But Carlo Ancelotti indicated today that it was certain [...]

Ancelotti – We want to attack but control the game, It won’t be easy!

The Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti aims to use the full quality of all his best players at Old Trafford today, and is looking to take control of the game from Man Utd, but also to attack as well!
“We want to play our football and our football is to attack,” Ancelotti said.
“Our aim is to keep [...]

Ancelotti – United game won’t decide title winner

Chelsea face Man Utd at Old Trafford tomorrow in what most pundits are calling the title decider, but the Blues boss Carlo Ancelotti doesn’t agree, although he accepts that the winner will certainly have the advantage in the run-in.
“It will be an important game.” he said.
“I think that this game won’t decide the winner, but [...]

Ancelotti – Watch out Man Utd, Chelsea can beat anybody!

The Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti was extremely pleased with the lesson his team handed out to Aston Villa at the weekend, and has warned Man Utd that Chelsea can beat anyone, and if they carry on in this form they will have no fear playing the title holders at Old Trafford.
“When we play our best [...]

Ancelotti and Lampard agree Chelsea are not playing well – but we’re still four points clear!

The Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard admits that he didn’t get the performance he wanted to see from the team at West Ham yesterday, and in the end he was just [...]

Fabiano keen on Chelsea move (or Man Utd!)

The brilliant Sevilla striker Luis Fabiano has admitted that he is likely to move to the Premiership next summer, and is very keen on joining Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea or Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.
“A January move would be too risky,” he said.
“You’d have to deal with changes too close to the World Cup and [...]

Zola – I’m desperate to beat Chelsea!

The West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola is desperate for his team to beat his old club Chelsea, and get some badly needed points to get them away from the relegation zone.
Zola said: “With all respect to Chelsea, I want to beat them very badly. We need a result and we are going to be very [...]

Ancelotti – Set-pieces are bad, but the defence is good!

The Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti admits that the teams defending against set-pieces has cost his team points, but he prefers to concentrate on the good points of the Chelsea defence.
“We conceded a lot of goals in the last games but all on free-kicks. There are other things, we conceded only two in 17 matches in [...]

Ancelotti – We could have played better, but we deserved to win

Chelsea continued their nervous run of form with an unconvincing 2-1 win over Avram Grant’s Portsmouth, But Carlo Ancelotti thinks the team were good value for the three points.
This puts Chelsea back ahead of Man Utd in the race for the title, but Ancelotti admits that he was worried after Portsmouth were gifted a lucky [...]