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Napoli confirm Ancelotti as new manager

Napoli have confirmed the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti as the club's new boss. Ancelotti held talks with Napoli's president Aurelio De Laurentiis in Rome last week before taking over from Mauricio Sarri, whose exit was confirmed on Wednesday. The 58-year-old Italian has been out of job since he was sacked by Bayern Munich in September 2017, while his last job in Italy was with AC Milan, who he left in 2009 to become Chelsea manager. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ancelotti is believed to have turned down several other offers including the Italy national team job to sign a three-year deal at Napoli. Sarri, meanwhile, is also considering an offer from Russian club Zenit St Petersburg despite interest from Chelsea. He was visited by club offici...

Maurizio Sarri close to replacing Antonio Conte as Chelsea boss after Napoli exit

Transfer Info, Premier League, Seria A

Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri is closing in on a move to Chelsea and is increasingly hopeful they will move to apppoint him as the new boss. Sarri became the front-runner for the Stamford Bridge job after Luis Enrique's wage demands priced him out of a possible move. However, Carlo Ancelotti has been confirmed as the new boss of Napoli after Sarri's sack. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Sarri's current deal at the Stadio San Paolo was supposed to expire in 2020, but Napoli have now moved to sack him. And reports have suggested Zenit offered Sarri £3.5m a season to come to Russia after the exit of Roberto Mancini. But it is understood Sarri has his heart set on a transfer to Chelsea and has put on hold any agreement with the Russian club. The outgoing...

Gattuso reveals why he ate a live SNAIL in front of Milan team-mates ahead of Manchester United clash in 2010

Seria A, Premier League

Gennaro Gattuso has revealed he took a bizarre decision to eat a live snail during his playing days in 2010 in a bid to reduce tension among his Milan team-mates. Andrea Pirlo revealed that the midfielder had performed the stunt before their Champions League clash with Manchester United back in 2010. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Asked about the incident, Gattuso admitted that it happened, but insisted he had taken the measures to reduce the tensions ahead of a very important match - though it did not work, with Milan losing 7-2 on aggregate. 'I've done worse things than eating a snail alive,' Gattuso told reporters ahead of the Coppa Italia final. 'The point is, it was not about the snail anyway. 'I'm saying this because my point is that in that p...