Ancelotti leaves Milan, Leonardo to take over
By Mark Meadows
MILAN (Reuters) - Carlo Ancelotti has agreed to leave AC Milan but would not confirm on Sunday that he will be taking over as Chelsea coach.
Milan's Brazilian sporting director Leonardo will replace Ancelotti as coach at the San Siro, chief executive Adriano Galliani said.
Ancelotti's contract was due to run out in 2010 but speculation has been rife for months that he is heading to Premier League Chelsea.
"In agreement with the club, we have decided to bring forward the expiry of my contract. This beautiful adventure at Milan is over," he told Sky after his side sealed the third Champions League spot on the final day of the Serie A season.
"I can't say anything else official. I have not made any agreement with any other club."
However, when he was told "good luck" in English, he replied: "This I won't understand until I arrive."
Leonardo, a former Milan and Brazil player, has no managerial experience and the 39-year-old has not completed all his coaching badges.
"It will be Leonardo. Tomorrow he will be presented at 12," Galliani told Rai television when asked about the new coach. Continued...
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