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Ancelotti awaits news on future shortly before he is sacked<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Chelsea have sacked manager Carlo Ancelotti.<\/p>\n

The announcement was made two hours after Chelsea’s final-day 1-0 defeat by Everton, confirming the club’s second-place finish in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

The 51-year-old had one more year left on his contract at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n

A club statement read: “This season’s performances have fallen short of expectations and the club feels the time is right to make this change ahead of next season’s preparations.”<\/p>\n

Speculation had been mounting that Ancelotti would be sacked following Chelsea’s first season without a trophy in three years.<\/p>\n

The west London club missed out on the Premier League title as Manchester United clinched their 19th title last week, further compounded by early exits in the Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup during the season.<\/p>\n

Former manager Avram Grant suffered similar treatment when Chelsea finished second in the domestic table and the Champions League final in 2008.<\/p>\n

And ambitious owner Roman Abramovich, who bank-rolled an audacious \u00a350m move for striker Fernando Torres during the January transfer window, will scour home and abroad in search of a successor capable of recapturing the Premier League from Manchester United, as well as the much-coveted Champions League trophy.<\/p>\n

“Chelsea’s long-term football objectives and ambitions remain unchanged and we will now be concentrating all our efforts on identifying a new manager,” read the club statement.<\/p>\n

Ancelotti had reiterated his ambition to remain at Chelsea, but insisted the decision was entirely down to the club’s hierachy.<\/p>\n

“I am now on holiday – but I am not sure how long my holiday will be!” he said in his final press conference shortly before he was sacked.<\/p>\n

“We haven’t arranged any meeting but I think in the next week, now the season is finished, the club can address my job and they will take a decision.<\/p>\n

“I have to wait and see what happens. I don’t have to say anything to the club – they can judge me on my job for two years.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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