Ancelotti could make changes at Stamford Bridge after arriving from AC Milan and Mancienne will wait until he meets the Italian before deciding whether he needs another spell out on loan.

The 21-year-old, who is determined to break into the Chelsea team within a year, has previously had spells at Queens Park Rangers and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

"I would like to see what happens in pre-season," said Mancienne, ahead of travelling to Sweden with England Under-21s for the finals.

"I (would) want to play well in the tournament even if there wasn't a knew manager. Obviously having a new manager you have to impress so it is important to me.

"I just want to take it as it comes over the next year and try to break into the Chelsea team. If I don't I'll see what happens. I'll have to see what happens from there."

confidence boost

Ancelotti will start with John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, Alex, Branislav Ivanovic and Mancienne as the centre-backs at his disposal when he starts work in London.

"We have a lot of world-class players in front of me so it's a case of patience," Mancienne said.

There could be a host of clubs willing to take Mancienne on loan if he was available, after a successful stint at Wolves between October and January.

"I was meant to go back there but Chelsea didn't allow it," Mancienne said.

"It gave me a massive confidence boost playing week-in week-out, playing well and in a team that likes to play.

"I would love to be playing more games but I had a lot of good experiences. I was on the bench for the Champions League semi-final so I did gain a lot of experience."