The Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti feels that the strongest team they could draw in the first knockout round of the Champions League is likely to be Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan, closely followed by Bayern Munich and AC Milan.
Now that the Champions League Group Stages are finally over we can all look forward to a feast of football in the New Year when the knockout stages come around.
The AC Milan star midfielder Gennaro Gattuso has voiced his displeasure at being left out of the Milan team, and indicated that he would be looking for a new club soon if the situation didn’t improve.
The young AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato has been dogged by rumours that he would be following his old manager Carlo Ancelotti to Stamford Bridge, but the young Brazilian has decided to finish the speculation once and for all.
Pato - Ancelotti is a father-figure
The Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti is looking forward to facing Rafael Benitez again after twice coming up against him in the Champions League Final. The first time was the amazing comeback by Liverpool when they were 3-0 down to Ancelotti’s AC Milan, but that result was reversed two years later in another final.
According to the Daily Mirror this morning, Chelsea are still in the hunt for the AC Milan star Pato, but he won’t be allowed to leave the San Siro until next summer.
Yesterdays rumour of the imminent transfer of Pato to Chelsea was, as expected, a made-up story from the Sunday papers. I would love to know who these “insiders” are that keep giving false information to the press. Unless of course they are made up by the journalists too.
Despite a very clear message from Carlo Ancelotti that Chelsea will not be buying anyone else this season (not that he can be believed), the News of the World has come up with this crazy idea that Chelsea will pay AC Milan £45m for Pato, and let them keep him in Italy until next summer!
Now this is the winner of the most-ridiculous-rumour award for August, and we are only seven days into the month!
