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Chelsea boss Ancelotti: Maldini turned me down

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 12:46

New Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti admits he wanted former AC Milan captain Paolo Maldini to join his Blues coaching staff.

Ancelotti joined the London club from AC Milan last month and had hoped Maldini would follow him to Stamford Bridge after hanging up his boots at the end of the season.

"I made that proposal to him," said Ancelotti in an interview with Radio Deejay. "But he wanted to take time off and after so many years playing, it's understandable.

"But if I could have taken anyone to Chelsea, it would have been Maldini."

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Submitted by TotalFootballMadness.com (not verified) on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 15:44.

he has his mind set on Milan..there is no way he will come to Chelsea..

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Submitted by wdkf (not verified) on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 10:28.

even though maldini had problem with the fans towards the end of his playing career, it would be nice to see maldini back working for ac milan as he is a one club man. would be weird to see him in a different club other than milan.

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