Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi believes that coach Carlo Ancelotti has signed a pre-contract with Real Madrid.
However, the 39-year-old insists that PSG will not accept the Italian's resignation that he tendered on Sunday.
"I think he signed a pre-contract with Real Madrid, but I can't imagine Real Madrid will make him sign an agreement or there will be a problem in law," he told Al-Jazeera. "There will be no arm-wrestling. We just respect principles, contracts and what we said we would do. You have methods, situations in law and negotiations in order to make everything well."
Al-Khelaifi added on beIN Sport: "Yes, we had discussions, he asked to depart for Real Madrid. I said it is not possible because he has a contract for one year more, so that is our decision.
"It is his problem, it is not our problem. We have offered him another year more on his contract as well as the one he has. When you have a contract, everyone is normally obliged to honour that."
Ancelotti led PSG to Ligue 1 success this season.
Subhankar Mondal
