BANISH T
ANCELOTTI’S DIAMONDS WILL
ALK OF THE SPECIAL ONE
The Chelsea players’
ed af
well-document-
Mourinho was reaf
fection for former boss José af
duce a congestion charge in the centre circle at Stamford Bridge. In fact,
up to the pre-season friendly against
firmed in the run ous” now reads: “Holding midfielder versus Southend.”
ter last season’s FA Cup third round, the dictionary definition of “superflu-
Inter Milan in the USA this week.
Frank Lamp
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say: ‘I love him as a man and as a
ard went as far as to
manager
say that new boss Carlo
’.However, it would be fair to
has a slightly lower opinion of his
Ancelotti
ography: ‘There are worse things in
predecessor. He wrote in his autobi-
life than me and
er.
Abramovich togeth-
The worst for him had already been
and gone. He had already worked
book later refers to “his
with His Specialness, Mourinho.’ The
Mourinhoness, comp
Jesus”.
aring himself to
While this may appear to be nothing
more than a petty sp
Ancelotti is prepared to t
at, it reveals that
Mourinho rather than live quietly in
ake on
his shadow
what Chelsea needs.
, which could be exactly
have attempted to replace the Blues’
Those who
most successful manager of all time
have failed miserably
Guus Hiddink in his temporary
, apart from
tenure.
of a practical joke, except it wasn’t
Avram Grant was Abramovich’s idea
funny
be Brasil’
, and Phil Scolari turned out to
s answer to Norman
able but tot
Wisdom (funny looking, vaguely like-
put his own st
ally inept). Ancelotti must
a success. Grant and Scolari both
amp on the club to be
p
Mourinho’
aid the price for continuing
only a few minor but expensive
s way of doing things with
tweaks.
But now the new boss is experiment
ing with a diamond midfield forma
-
tion and two strikers - unheard of
-
under Mourinho. Last season the
Chelsea
that Ken Livingstone wanted to intro
midfield got so over-crowded
-
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