Staying put: Carlo Ancelotti with Milan veteran
David Beckham
Carlo Ancelotti has ruled out taking over from Guus
Hiddink as Chelsea
manager next season. The AC Milan boss has been strongly
linked with a move to Stamford Bridge but revealed he will remain
in charge of the Italian giants next season and has no intention of
leaving Serie A.
And Ancelotti admitted he is already working on strengthening
Milan's squad in a bid to challenge city rivals and runaway league
leaders Inter. 'I will stay for at least next year and we are
already working to strengthen the squad,' Ancelotti told
Messaggero.
'[Talk of Chelsea] is a refrain to which we are accustomed and
it will probably run again, but that is no problem.'
Chelsea are looking to bring in a new boss at the end of the
season with temporary manager Guus Hiddink walking away in the
summer.
Ancelotti was appointed as head coach at San Siro in 2001 and
led to the club to the Serie A title in 2004 and the Champions
League in 2003 and 2007.
