Personally I do not believe Ancelotti is serious about his interest in Carlos Tevez. The way I read it is that he will do his upmost to sign him if we continue with our persuit of John Terry.
In other words it would be him sticking two fingers up at us and it being percieved by the media that although we took one of the best centre halves in the world, he took a player who at the last minute changed his mind and moved to Stamford Bridge instead.
Luckily I am 95% sure that this deal is done and dusted and just awaiting the medical meaning we can continue with our persuit of John Terry either way. If indeed it came down to signing either one of them I'd sign Tevez and then just sign Lescott as an alternative to Terry, leaving them with an unsettled player remaining @ their club.