Carlo Ancelotti discusses his coaching methods, saying ‘I never use the whip’ and that he likes ‘being at the same level as the players.’
The former Real Madrid boss is currently out of a job after leaving the Bernabeu last summer, but has been linked with succeeding Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich.
“In the relationship I like to be at the same level as the players,” he said to the Daily Mail.
Carlo Ancelotti discusses his coaching methods, saying ‘I never use the whip’ and that he likes ‘being at the same level as the players.’
The former Real Madrid boss is currently out of a job after leaving the Bernabeu last summer, but has been linked with succeeding Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich.
“In the relationship I like to be at the same level as the players,” he said to the Daily Mail.
“Of course, I have authority but after a game we lose I might still say tomorrow is free, and at some clubs this has been taken as a weakness.
“They have said you have to use the whip. I say find another manager. I never use the whip. Not as a manager and not as a father. I have lost my temper, of course. At Paris Saint-Germain we once lost to Evian in the cup and I was so angry I kicked a box and it hit Ibrahimovic on the head. It was more or less the same as Ferguson and the boot with Beckham — but we laughed about it afterwards.
“I never used the whip because in my life nobody ever used the whip against me. Not my father, not my school teacher, not my manager. I don’t believe in it.
“It is about leadership but my starting point with football is that it is only ever sport. You either win, lose or draw. Nothing worse. There are more important things in life.
“I have had problems with players. I had players who told Paul Clement, my former assistant, to **** off but my response is to tell them they no longer play for me; that they need to ask the club to leave.
“I am a Coach. A teacher. And working with the players is the best part of the job but I was a player, too, and I remember.
“I am still the manager and they are players. And I have power. If I say we have training at 6am they have to be in but if people think that means I have to be up here and they have to be down there, I don’t agree.”