Carlo Ancelotti admits he has met with Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich.

The AC Milan coach is the frontrunner to replace Guus Hiddink at Stamford Bridge, but he could have been installed last summer when Avram Grant was sacked by the Blues.

“Abramovich came after me. We sat down and started to talk," said Ancelotti in his upcoming book Preferisco La Coppa. "Always about football and only football.

“Abramovich wanted to know everything about me, my way of working, my philosophy. An hour went by during which we never talked about money."

The two men even met a second time, when Ancelotti made it clear: "I have a contract with Milan. An eventual agreement with Chelsea can only happen if Milan is also in agreement.”

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