The search to find a new boss at Chelsea is on following the
sacking of Avram Grant, and the coaches who have been mostly
strongly linked with the position in the media include Frank
Rijkaard, Guus Hiddink, Sven Goran Eriksson and Mancini.
The Inter tactician, who last week won his third straight Scudetto
in Italy, has been heavily tipped to leave San Siro after a
somewhat tumultuous campaign off-the-pitch.
The Gazzetta claims that Mancini contacted Chelsea yesterday to
notify them of his interest in the job, only to be told straight
that he wasn’t wanted.
“His representatives have repeatedly knocked on our door, but he
isn’t our man,” a source inside the club reportedly stated.
Mancini is still refusing to speak to the media, and kept his
silence once again following last night’s 2-1 Coppa Italia final
defeat to Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.
The ex-Lazio and Sampdoria player will meet President Massimo
Moratti in the week to discuss his future, but many still strongly
believe that Jose Mourinho has already signed a pre-contract to
replace him.