Carlo Ancelotti has been appointed Everton manager on a four-and-a-half-year deal.
The Italian’s will be in the stands at Goodison Park for Saturday’s lunchtime game against Arsenal, with Duncan Ferguson continuing his caretaker role. Ancelotti’s first game in charge will be against Burnley on Boxing Day.
The appointment of Ancelotti is a major coup for Everton, who sit 16th in the Premier League table, three points above the relegation zone.
He is one of only three bosses to have won the Champions League three times – twice with AC Milan and once with Real Madrid – as well as winning domestic titles in Italy, England, France, Spain and Germany.
Ancelotti won the Premier League, FA Cup and Community Shield during his spell at Chelsea between 2009 and 2011. He has since managed Paris St Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich before a troubled start to his second term at Napoli came to an end last week.
Still on the issue of managerial appointment from clubs, Jose Mourinho has launched a remarkable rant, bemoaning Arsenal’s decision to appoint Mikel Arteta, a man with no experience as their manager.
Mourinho who is also a newly appointed manager, reacted to the announcement of Mikel Arteta by Arsenal, saying: “The only point I can find – and it is for us to laugh a little bit – is that years ago the best managers were the guys with more victories and now the best is the guy with the fewest defeats.
“So Ancelotti has three Champions Leagues, won the league in Italy, France and England and won cups here and there – but Ancelotti has lost, I don’t know, 200 matches?
“I have lost 150-180 – Carlo is a little bit older than me.
“I think now it is not about how much you won, it is about the matches we didn’t lose. So probably the best managers now are the managers with zero defeats.
“The only reason I can understand is that they look through the CVs and see guys with more defeats and guys with less defeats, so guys with less defeats are given the job.
“I cannot find another reason.”
