“I never said he is my friend. We didn’t go to eat together and to drink wine together. Usually when you go to eat and to drink one, two, three glasses of wine, usually you have a good relationship, but we didn’t. It is no problem because I will eat this evening and he will eat the same. In Italy we are not used to drinking wine after matches, but when he comes to England, maybe it will be no problem. It could be a good moment to improve our friendship.”

-- Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti on how wine diplomacy could affect his relationship with Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho, the former Chelsea coach who has irked Ancelotti by claiming all the credit for Chelsea’s development into a leading European force. Inter meets Chelsea in the Champions League on Wednesday. (Times of London)