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Ancelotti admits Arsenal and Spurs interest

17 January 2012 - 22:12

Former Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti admitted that he was hoping a club of the size of Arsenal or Tottenham would try to sign the Italian, after Roman Abramovich famously fired the Paris St Germain coach.

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Last week, Ancelotti put pen to paper on a deal with ambitious French side Paris St Germain, but if the Italian had it his way, he could well have ended up back in the Premier League: "Before PSG's call I thought of a year-long sabbatical, hoping that in the summer a job like Tottenham or Arsenal - a top London bench - would become available, but I was tired of not working."

Written by Samuel Turnbull