Ancelotti wants to create dynasty

PREMIER LEAGUE summit meetings are never short of sub-plots but one of the most intriguing aspects of tomorrow’s squabble between Arsenal and Chelsea is how it pits one manager under intense pressure against another who must be deemed close to bullet-proof.

The devil, however, is in the detail. Carlo Ancelotti might have led Chelsea to the top of the Premier League, the last 16 of the Champions League and the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup in his embryonic tenure but it is he who is feeling the hot breath of his owner, Roman Abramovich, on his neck.

Arsene Wenger, meanwhile, is trophyless since 2005 but could probably go another four years without winning silverware and still keep his job in north London.