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title: "Liverpool deny approaching Ancelotti"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Sam Davies"
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published: "2015-09-23T14:49:45Z"
modified: "2015-09-23T16:10:15Z"
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# Liverpool deny approaching Ancelotti

Liverpool have denied approaching Carlo Ancelotti about replacing Brendan Rodgers as manager, [according to the Guardian.](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/23/liverpool-deny-carlo-ancelotti-brendan-rodgers)

[Reports in Italy had claimed](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2015/09/22/liverpool-establish-contact-ancelotti/) that Fenway Sports Group had identified Ancelotti as Rodgers’ replacement as pressure mounts on the Northern Irishman.

Rodgers managed to survive an end of season review in the summer after a disappointing campaign which ended in a 6-1 defeat to Stoke City, in Steven Gerrard’s final game for the club.

Having come through that, it was Rodgers’ backroom staff who suffered the consequence of a poor season with assistant manager Colin Pascoe and first-team coach Mike Marsh both leaving Merseyside.

The Reds spent £32.5m on forward Christian Benteke and £29m on midfielder Robert Firmino in the summer and Rodgers will have the chance to integrate his new signings, with Ancelotti not being approached to replace the Ulsterman.

Fifty-six-year-old Ancelotti is known for winning trophies at pretty much every club who he manages.

He’s won the Champions League three times in his management career – twice with AC Milan and once with Real Madrid.

The former Chelsea boss also lifted the Premier League trophy and the FA Cup during his two-year spell at Stamford Bridge.