Carlo Ancelotti is set to be confirmed as Chelsea manager in the next couple of days, with Guus Hiddink urging the Stamford Bridge hierarchy to stick with his successor long-term. Twenty-four hours after Hiddink bade farewell to Chelsea, leaving the FA Cup as a going-away present, Ancelotti confirmed he was to exit AC Milan.

The news comes as little surprise given there was no chance of Hiddink staying, so Ancelotti is set to become the Blues’ fifth manager in less than two years following the previous departures of Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant and Luiz Felipe Scolari.

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