AC Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti has hinted it could be a family affair at Chelsea next season.

Ancelotti has dropped his biggest hint yet that he could replace Guus Hiddink as Chelsea boss next summer.

The AC Milan chief revealed daughter Katya has spent time at the Blues working on her PhD and quipped that she was getting his office ready.

Ancelotti, 49, also admitted meeting Blues owner Roman Abramovich last May. He said: "We met but I didn't have any intention to break my contract with Milan.

"An agent told Milan and vice-president Adriano Galliani said to me 'Carlo you've been naughty'.

"But I won't manage Milan forever."

It is understood that Ancelotti's daughter wrote a thesis comparing the media and marketing relations of Chelsea and Milan, says The Sun.