Ancelotti

Frank Lampard has been immediately impressed with Carlo Ancelotti's training technique, and reckons that the team will score more goals with his new system. The first four pre-season games under him have reaped four wins, and Frankie thinks…

Carlo Ancelotti inherited two very unhappy players in Deco and Carvalho when he took over at Stamford Bridge, but it seems that he has now won them back and they are intending to try and fight their way back into the reckoning at Chelsea.…

The Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka is feeling confident ahead of the new season, and thinks that United have taken a backward step with the loss of Tevez and Ronaldo. He said: "United are still a strong team and Ferguson is a good manager…

Chelsea will play Club America tonight in what is basically the grand final of the mini-tournament, as the Mexican side have also beaten Inter Milan (on penalties) and AC Milan ahead of tonights game. Chelsea are aware that America will…

New Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has left the fans flummoxed by his quote that Chelsea are a young club, as opposed to his old team AC Milan, which seems a strange thing to say! ‘Milan have a history and a big tradition,’ he said. ‘Chelsea…

Chelsea met Carlo Ancelotti's old team in front of 70,000 fans in Baltimore, with Yuri Zhirkov starting his first game for the Blues on the left side of the new diamond formation, and with Drogba and Anelka in attack. Chelsea started the…

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti loves the English mentality and the effort that they put into their football, but especially the attitude of Frank Lampard. He said yesterday: Ancelotti said: "In this team, there are top players. I like their…

John Obi Mikel has been talking about how pleased he is that Chelsea have given him a contract extension that will keep him tied to the club until 2014, and is looking forward to the new season under Ancelotti. He said yesterday: "I think…

Chelsea will face AC Milan in their third tour match tomorrow, and Carlo Ancelotti has announced that Yuri Zhirkov is now eligible to play for the team. He will be playing on the left side of the new diamond formation against Ancelotti's…

Didier Drogba has decided to commit himself to Chelsea for the rest of his career, and thinks that the squad they have is more than capable of challenging for honours again this season, despite not spending millions in the transfer market.…