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Ancelotti set to take over as Napoli coach

If he joins Napoli, it is likely that he will take Arturo Vidal to the Serie A club.

Carlo Ancelotti

Bengaluru, May 23: Former Bayern Munich manager Carlo Ancelotti has emerged as the front-runner to take over as Napoli coach.

According to media reports in Italy, Ancelotti, who was sacked by the Bundesliga champions last September, was reported to be holding talks with Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis in Rome and the Serie A club is expected to make an announcement soon.

If he joins Napoli, it is likely that he will take Bayern's Chile international Arturo Vidal to the Italian club. Vidal was his trusted man with the Bundesliga champions.

The grapevine is that the 58-year-old and Italian film producer De Laurentiis are finalising details of a three-year contract.

Corriere dello Sport reported that everything was now in place for Ancelotti to take over the southern side, but only if Maurizio Sarri decides to leave the club.

Contact between De Laurentiis and the former AC Milan and Real Madrid coach has been ongoing for weeks amid the indecision of Sarri, who has a contract with Napoli until 2020.

Sarri indicated last Sunday that he was ready to leave the Serie A side he joined in 2015 after finishing runners-up for the second time in three seasons behind Juventus.

Ancelotti, who also had spells in charge of Chelsea, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain, has three Champions League titles to his name as a coach. He has also won the league in Italy, France, Germany and England.

He was reported to have recently turned down the opportunity to coach the Italian national side to stay in club football.

Sarri, meanwhile, has been linked with English side Chelsea.

The 59-year-old former banker was also reported to have been contacted by Zenit Saint Petersburg, with the Russian club able to pay his eight-million-euro ($9.4 million) release clause.

(With Agency inputs)

Story first published: Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 9:59 [IST]
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