FORMER REAL MADRID and Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has ruled out a move to Liverpool – but says he intends to return to management next season.
Ancelotti had been touted as a possible replacement for Brendan Rodgers at Anfield, but frontrunner Jurgen Klopp looks likely to pen a three-year-deal with the club.
The 56-year-old, who has been out of work since his sacking from the Bernabeu at the end of the 2014-15 season, claims he is happy to take a season out of the spotlight before taking on a new role.
He told the Associated Press at the Inspiring Leaders Awards on Tuesday night: “I enjoy my time now but of course I want to come back to manage – to work – because it is my passion.
“I want to take my time to rest, but next season I am ready.”
Better staying in a team where he gets game time and no pressure.
@Red Rooster: or show ambition and get a big move, playing under pressure week in week out and thriving.
@Red Rooster: I hope they can afford to keep for at least a season if not two before they sell him, but there’s no way they’ll keep him for 5 years if he kicks on this season.
@David: loads of time for that, remember he’s only 18
@David: r go to a big club get sweet f all mins. Thing don’t go right. Fickle fans on his back. He’s 18 and miles off a top club regular. Amazing talent and prospect but don’t get the Irish blinkers on he’s no where near ready for leading the line for a top side.
@David: Who’s to say he will start week in week out if he does as you said?
Ridiculous the amount of hype around Evan, he’s had one season in the Prem and not even starting for Brighton. Wait till he nails down his place and starts scoring double figure goals before he’s called a replacement for Harry Kane.
And then he broke out in a fit of laughter!