Former Chelsea midfielder Emmanuel Petit has urged Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti to apply for the Chelsea job.

Ancelotti guided Chelsea to a Premier League-FA Cup double in 2010 and has since won two Champions Leagues at Real Madrid.

“There are so many managers linked with Chelsea,” Petit told LegalSportsBooks. “Every day you open the newspapers, then you hear it on the radio and the television that there are five or six different managers in the frame.

“I would love to see Carlo Ancelotti apply for the Chelsea job, but he said last week that he won’t come back to England, he won’t come back to Chelsea.

“Maybe he’s a bit tired. He has won everything. Maybe he’s very close to retirement, I have no idea.”