Berlusconi battering edges Ancelotti nearer exit

The gaffe-prone Italian politician launched an attack on Ancelotti’s tactics selection, saying he should have built the team around their flair players.

"We lost the title because of Ancelotti," he told La Repubblica. "Many times we did not use the right tactics.

"We have so many good dribblers and should have based our football on this asset, but we did the opposite."

The San Siro side are currently second in Serie A, seven points adrift of arch-rivals Inter Milan.

And Chelsea will be keen to pounce on this souring relationship, as they look to recruit Ancelotti for next season’s assault on the Premier League and Europe.

Ancelotti has continually played down rumours linking him to the Stamford Bridge job, but come the summer he could now find himself out of work.

Milan's vice-president Adriano Galliani is remaining coy on Berlusconi's tongue lashing, insisting he will give his opinion at the end of the season.

"I never comment, as a rule, on the declarations of president Berlusconi and I don't comment what is reported to me by the newspapers that I have not read," he told the club's official website.

"I said and I repeat that I won't speak before May 31 on these things, or at least I won't speak before we have reached the direct qualification to the Champions League."

CHELSEA FANS! Check FourFourTwo.com’s ever-expandinginterviews archivefor more stuff to read:
Web Exclusives Kerry Dixon, Guus Hiddink
One on One Gianfranco Zola, Nicolas Anelka
Boy's A Bit Special  Michael Mancienne, Scott Sinclair
Perfect XI Ruud Gullit, Marcel Desailly
Celebrity fans Vidal Sassoon
And Another Thing Being a Big Four fan

Plus! Ruud Gullit on Weekend Wonders and Chelsea on Talentspotter

Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.