PSG block Ancelotti’s Real Madrid switch

PARIS. The Paris Saint-Germain president, Nasser al-Khelaifi, insists Carlo Ancelotti will not be allowed to leave for Real Madrid.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Carlo Ancelotti steered PSG to its first French league title since 1994. Net photo

PARIS. The Paris Saint-Germain president, Nasser al-Khelaifi, insists Carlo Ancelotti will not be allowed to leave for Real Madrid.The Italian coach met Khelaifi and the club’s sporting director, Leonardo, on Sunday and asked to be released from his contract to move to the Bernabéu, where a vacancy is expected to materialise as José Mourinho continues to be linked with a return to Chelsea."I have asked the club to leave and I am waiting for their answer because I am under contract,” Ancelotti said at the Ligue 1 awards ceremony on Sunday.But Khelaifi, the figurehead of the club’s owners Qatar Sports Investments, insists the 54-year-old must honour the remaining year of his contract in the French capital."Yes, we had discussions, he asked to depart for Real Madrid,” Khelaifi told beinsport.fr. "I said it is not possible because he has a contract for one year more, so that is our decision."It is his problem, it is not our problem. We have offered him another year more on his contract as well as the one he has. When you have a contract, everyone is normally obliged to honour that.”Ancelotti has just led big-spending PSG to their first Ligue 1 title in 19 years, as well as a Champions League quarter-final. One name which has often been linked with the club is that of former Milan, Roma and England coach Fabio Capello.