Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has revealed that the club were not affected by the media speculation surrounding John Terry and Ashley Cole’s private lives last season, as they secured a Premier League and FA Cup double.
The Italian said that, despite the English media’s interest in off-field issues and not tactics, the club managed to keep focused — for which they were rewarded with the first double in the club's history.
“Always we kept the private lives of the players outside of the press conference and outside of the training ground,” he told Chelsea’s official website, noting that in his homeland the media would not have been at all interested in Terry and Cole's off-field problems.
"In Italy the press conference is always focused on the line up. If you tell them the line up, it is finished," he said.
"Here they are interested in the private lives. I am not interested in that. Always we kept the private lives of the players outside of the press conference and outside of the training ground."
As well as praising his club’s efforts in securing their first league and cup double, Ancelotti also offered some advice towards the likes of Alex Ferguson and Rafael Benitez, by insisting that he is only interested in talking about his own team during press conferences.
“I don't like to use mind games in press conferences,” he stresses.
“I want to give something of our philosophy, how I want to manage the club, how I want to manage the players. Only this. I am interested in explaining my kind of behaviour in managing the team.”
The Italian said that, despite the English media’s interest in off-field issues and not tactics, the club managed to keep focused — for which they were rewarded with the first double in the club's history.
“Always we kept the private lives of the players outside of the press conference and outside of the training ground,” he told Chelsea’s official website, noting that in his homeland the media would not have been at all interested in Terry and Cole's off-field problems.
"In Italy the press conference is always focused on the line up. If you tell them the line up, it is finished," he said.
"Here they are interested in the private lives. I am not interested in that. Always we kept the private lives of the players outside of the press conference and outside of the training ground."
As well as praising his club’s efforts in securing their first league and cup double, Ancelotti also offered some advice towards the likes of Alex Ferguson and Rafael Benitez, by insisting that he is only interested in talking about his own team during press conferences.
“I don't like to use mind games in press conferences,” he stresses.
“I want to give something of our philosophy, how I want to manage the club, how I want to manage the players. Only this. I am interested in explaining my kind of behaviour in managing the team.”
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