Chelsea boss Ancelotti not bothered if players act up away from pitch

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti isn't bothered what his players get up to - so long as they deliver on the pitch.

Blues owner Roman Abramovich warned his stars that negative headlines would no longer be ­tolerated. But Ancelotti ­appears to be contradicting his ­owner’s stance.

The coach said: “We can’t tell our players how to ­behave outside the training ground. Private life is ­private life.

“Is there a code of conduct inside the club? There are not any rules outside this training ground – because everyone has their own rules when it comes to their own private lives.

“We are interested only in our training sessions and matches. We are not interested in what happens outside our training ground.

“We don’t have a problem [with this sort of thing]. We never had a problem last year. Some players had private problems – but it’s not our problem.”