Ancelotti hoping for some stability at Bayern Munich
LONDON, May 26, (AP): Carlo Ancelotti’s next managerial assignment soon begins at Bayern Munich, and he still hasn’t mastered German.
Given how clubs casually dispose of managers, Ancelotti could be forgiven for focusing his studies on the Bavarian team’s players rather than the native tongue.
After eight years coaching AC Milan, Ancelotti has only managed two seasons at each of his last three jobs: Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid. After so much turbulence, Ancelotti knows stability is rarely forthcoming.
“It’s unbelievable or impossible to stay 26 years as (Alex) Ferguson stayed (at Manchester United) but I would like to stay more time,” Ancelotti said in an interview with The Associated Press. “If it is not possible I have to find other solutions ... and if the club is not happy they have the possibility and the right to change.”
After more than two decades in the dugout leading some of Europe’s biggest clubs, the Italian remains sanguine, still keeping his cool with owners rather than blowing his top when his missions are prematurely halted.
“This is my character,” Ancelotti said. “I’m not sad when I am sacked ... it is part of my job. It doesn’t change my character because I grew up with this personality.”
In a profession notorious for feuding and outbursts, the 56-year-old Ancelotti still stands apart. Sometimes it appears to count against him, like at Chelsea while working for a notoriously restless owner in Roman Abramovich.
Ancelotti said it would have been “pointless” to confront Abramovich, who is silent in public but instills fear into managers behind the scenes with ultimatums and damning critiques.
“He thought that I was too kind in front of the players,” Ancelotti discloses in his new book, “Quiet Leadership ,” which was released Thursday and is more revealing than the coach can be in person.
In July, Antonio Conte will become Abramovich’s third Italian manager, but the outgoing Italy national team coach has a far more fiery and combative side.