Cellino tells Steve Evans to 'shut his mouth'; Carlo Ancelotti keen on job if Leeds were to win promotion
Monday 18 April 2016 11:16, UK
Leeds owner Massimo Cellino insists there is no chance of him hiring fellow Italian Fabio Cannavaro as the club's next manager.
Former Italy international Cannavaro was reported to be in Leeds over the weekend, which led to speculation that he would replace Steve Evans at the end of the season.
The former Real Madrid and Juventus defender is currently out of work after leaving Saudi club Al-Nassr in February.
But in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Cellino said: "I'm 100 per cent not looking to appoint Cannavaro as manager. There's not one chance."
Evans is Cellino's seventh manager in three years and the Italian said that if the Scot wants to keep his job, he needs to reduce his media profile.
"He talks too much," Cellino says. "He has to learn to shut his mouth. I've told him so many times to stop, you have no idea. But he doesn't."
And Cellino revealed that one man who would be prepared to be Leeds manager is Carlo Ancelotti, the former Chelsea boss.
Cellino said Ancelotti would be happy to take charge at Elland Road, once they have won promotion back to the Premier League.
"I told him, 'If you had the balls, you should come and manage Leeds. Bring Leeds into the Premier League and then the Champions League. That's balls.'
"You want to play football - come with me to Leeds. [Jose] Mourinho, like others, has to ask himself if he is still a coach. How do you find out? By going to Manchester United?
"Ancelotti called me. 'Massimo, bring the club into the Premier League and I come to you because the only place I miss and want to go back to is England.'
"For me, a good coach still has to show he's a good coach. Come here and show me."
