Villas-Boas warns Ancelotti, talks targets(PA) Saturday 31 December 2011Andre Villas-Boas has told Carlo Ancelotti to forget about poaching players from Chelsea and questioned why any of them would want to join Paris Saint-Germain anyway. More than one Blues star has been linked with big-spending PSG in recent days, especially after it emerged the London club's former manager would be their new coach.
Ancelotti was finally unveiled this afternoon and is expected to be given a huge transfer war chest by the French club's billionaire Qatari owners when the window opens next month. But any approach for one or more of the players the Italian guided for two years at Stamford Bridge would be rebuffed, according to his successor.
"They're not for sale," said Villas-Boas, who accepted bosses often tried to sign their old players after taking over new clubs. "It's a situation that can happen."
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"PSG are a club that, for quite some time, have been desperately trying to win the French league. Great investment, great turmoil in terms of managers and ownership changes from 2000 onwards. There's big investment now with the Qatari owners, but I'm unsure whether players would respond to their call as they would from the most prestigious clubs out there."
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