Ancelotti in Paris
Paris Saint-Germain have confirmed that Carlo Ancelotti was at Parc des Princes on Wednesday, amid reports the 52-year-old Italian is poised to replace Antoine Kombouare as coach of the ambitious French club.
Pierre Octave Arrighi, head of operations at PSG, confirmed Ancelotti's presence after a day of fervent speculation in the French media and on social networking sites such as Twitter, but said no announcements would be made on Wednesday evening.
Arrighi would not tell reporters outside the stadium why the former Chelsea and AC Milan coach was there, but Ancelotti's installation as first-team coach now appears to be only a matter of time.
French dailies L'Equipe and Le Parisien had reported earlier on Wednesday that Ancelotti was due to be appointed as the new coach of the Ligue 1 leaders.
Ancelotti spent eight years in charge of Milan from 2001, twice delivering the Champions League, but has been out of the game since Chelsea sacked him at the end of last season after two years at the Stamford Bridge helm.
He is understood to have agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract with PSG and if reports of a salary of up to seven million euros ($9m) a season are even close to reality, he would become the best-paid coach ever to work in France.
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