Jol takes over at Ajax, Fergie wanted Guardiola and more

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Jol is Ajax new boss

Tottenham reject, Martin Jol, has been appointed Ajax Amsterdam's new manager replacing Dutch-legend Marco Van Basten who quit the club after he failed to guide them to a Champions League qualification spot. Jol led Hamburg to a fifth-place finish in the Bundesliga.



Fergie wanted Guardiola

As the air around Rome's starts to get tense, both Man Utd and Barcelona have begun the mind games ahead of tomorrow night's final. From Lionel Messi insisting he'd pay money to watch Ronaldo play to Berbatov stating he won't step up to take a penalty kick in tomorrow's final comes the biggest shocking revelation of them all: Alex Ferguson wanted to sign current Barcelona manager, Josep Guardiola when the latter was still playing for the Catalan giants. Yes, apparently Fergie wanted sign Guardiola after his contract at Barca ended in June 2001. However, the deal fell through because United were made to wait too long for an answer from the player's agent.


Ancelotti wants to remain at Milan

Doesn't anyone want to coach Chelsea? Now that Jose Mourinho has signed a new contract at Inter Milan, Blues' target Carlo Ancelotti now wants to remain at AC Milan if the club will have him. I don't know if this is more of the usual game managers like play with the press but if Ancelotti does not want to come to Chelsea, then he shouldn't even if Milan let him go. Thus, if Ancelotti's out of the picture, that just leaves Frank Rijkaard as the biggest contender for the job. But don't give up Chelsea fans. Roman gets what Roman wants. And in the worst case scenario there's always Paul Ince and Sven Goran Ericsson.


Don't go Xabi!

Argentina captain and Liverpool midfielder, Javier Mascherano is pleading with his club to keep fellow midfielder, Xabi Alonso at Anfield. Mascherano reckons the Spanish playmaker to be one of the club's most valued assets and is urging the club to do the right thing. There has been several rumours regarding a deal that will take Alonso to Real Madrid despite denials from the player and Rafa Benitez. Nonetheless, if that Tevez rumour is true, Rafa will have to sell. Still, Mascherano can take some comfort in the fact that Aston Villa has offered Gareth Barry a new contract. Should the England midfield man accept, the likelihood of Alonso leaving will be slim.