Former Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti said he would have "no problem" returning to Chelsea in the future but has ruled out an imminent move as he insisted Jose Mourinho would not be sacked.
Ancelotti led Chelsea to a league and FA Cup double in 2010 but left the club a year later.
He is out of work after leaving Real Madrid at the end of last season and turning down an approach from former club AC Milan, but dismissed suggestions he was ready to replace the under-pressure Mourinho as the Blues boss.
"I would have no problem with Chelsea," he told the Daily Mail. "But Jose won't be sacked. They already chose to keep him, and I think they made a good choice. He knows better than anyone what is going on at Chelsea.
"Sometimes you can't explain why things happen ... what is going wrong. It is a mystery. How did we lose [with AC Milan] in Istanbul when we were three goals up against Liverpool at half-time? You expect the opponent manager to put on a striker but he puts on a midfielder!
"I look from a distance at Chelsea and I think they won the title easily last year and I don't think they are so motivated this year.
"It's true that the manager has to be able to motivate players but the manager cannot motivate a player if the player is not self-motivated. It's impossible. They have lost something and it's difficult to change like a switch. You have to work slowly to change.
"But Mourinho is one of the best managers in the world, no doubt. I look at his body language and he's OK. He is not so worried. He has confidence. During the Dynamo Kiev game the supporters were singing his name. He'll sort it out."
Carlo Ancelotti said he had not been approached by Liverpool prior to the appointment of Jurgen Klopp and also speaks of what he would be looking for in England.
"I would like to come back to work in England," he said. "I love the football here, I still have a house in London, and I would like to be with a team that is competitive in England and in Europe.
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