Ancelotti denies losing Chelsea players over Wilkins departure
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has responded to claims he's lost the confidence of the players over the Ray Wilkins axing.
There's suggestions the players do not have total faith in Ancelotti over Wilkins' demise.
"I was sad to see Ray go but I don't believe the players have lost confidence in me, in my behaviour," he told the Daily Mail. "It's the same. With Ray and without Ray. We have lost confidence because we have not been able to do the things we want to do on the pitch. This is the reason.
"Look, the players might seem to be interested in things that happen away from the pitch, outside the training ground, but they are not so interested, I don't think. They want to win football matches.
"The relationship between the manager and the players is the most important thing. To have a good feeling. It doesn't mean that for the manager everything is OK.
"But I am happy because, just as the staff with Ray was good, the staff without Ray is also good. I would only be unhappy if I could not come here every day. It is just that the moment is different (from when he gave the previous interview). Then we had confidence. We had power. Now we have more difficulty to use our strength and our power."
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