Report: Arsenal wouldn’t have to pay a penny in compensation for Ancelotti

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Arsenal will reportedly not be required to pay any compensation to Napoli to get Carlo Ancelotti as their next manager.

According to The Daily Mail, the Gunners will not have to pay make any payments to the Italian club after they sacked him earlier this week.

Ancelotti will continue to be paid by Napoli up until the end of the current season, but teams wanting to secure his services will merely have to put forth a salary to him.

The development is bound to increase the level of interest in Ancelotti, with Everton also supposedly keen on the three-time Champions League winner.

Ancelotti just joined the London-based agency Base Soccer, who will handle the 60-year-old’s next move.

TBR’s view – Now or never

The fact teams won’t have to pay any money, other than a salary, for Ancelotti is a big deal.

It certainly makes him all the more enticing, even for teams that already have established managers in place.

To get someone in of his calibre without having to prise him away from somebody else is huge, and Arsenal may have to act quickly before Everton get in their first.