Chelsea Sack Manager Carlo Ancelotti
Another bare cupboard in the Chelsea trophy room this season means manager Carlo Ancelotti pays the price and is dismissed by the owner, Roman Abramovich.
Another season without a trophy; especially the one Roman Abramovich really wants, the Champions League, means that the 51 year old manager loses his job with a year still left on his contract.
Coming 2nd in the premier league is just not good enough return on an investment of £100′s of millions that the Chelsea owner has made. This includes the high profile signing mid-season of Fernando Torres from Liverpool for £50 million. It is unclear whether Ancelotti ever had any say in that decision.
Ancelotti was brought to Chelsea after 8 years in charge of AC Milan which included winning the coveted Champions League title twice.
In his first season at Chelsea he guided the club to the Premier League title and won the FA Cup.
Chelsea were top of the league this season until a bad run of footballing form followed the exit of assistant manager Ray Wilkins. The departure seemed to temporarily destabilise the club.
Now speculation is mounting that a former Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, will return but he still has time left to run on his contract at Real Madrid.
A close associate of Abramovich is Guus Hiddink who has worked with the Russian before, managing the Russian team and also serving as a temporary manager of Chelsea in 2009. Abramovich failed to convince Hiddink to stay on at the time, perhaps he will have better luck in 2011.
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