Ancelotti: ‘Bayern didn’t want to change’

By Football Italia staff

Carlo Ancelotti believes he encountered a “philosophy problem” at Bayern Munich because “they didn’t want to change things”.

The Napoli boss won the Bundesliga in his first season in Germany, but he was sacked at the start of last season after a defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.

“The experience at Bayern was a bit unusual,” Ancelotti admitted, speaking to DAZN.

“Things weren’t going badly, we’d won almost all of the games in September.

“I think there was more of a philosophy problem: they didn’t want to change things. I did.”

Ancelotti replaced Maurizio Sarri in Naples, after the Chelsea boss had guided the Partenopei to 91 points.

“You always have to take into account what has been done, as well as the level of the players, then of course every Coach has his own ideas.

“You need to try to implement them gradually, without throwing away the good things that were done in the past.

“The most important thing is to consider the characteristics of the players: that’s what you model the system on, not vice-versa.

“The first thing I wanted to work on here at Napoli was exactly that: not to take away all that was good about this team.

“We’re trying to add a few twists, like how to play more directly and more open. I don’t know how long it’ll take, we hope to do well quickly.”

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