Former Chelsea, Juventus, Real Madrid and current Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti have snubbed Nigerian duo Sunday Oliseh and Mikel Obi from his all-time best 11 players that he has coached in his illustrious career.
Ancelotti speaks 6 languages and he has spanned his coaching career over two decades with lots of trophies and medals to show for it. During the 1999/2000 season, he coached Oliseh at Juventus before his two year spell in Chelsea, where he coached Mikel and won the titles of the Premier League and the FA Cup.
He has left out Mikel, Oliseh and even Cristiano Ronaldo whom he coached at Real Madrid while listing his 11 best players of all time.
The list also excludes the two Italian players Filipo Inzaghi and Del Pierio, with whom the manager had good times on the field.
According to British tabloid The Sun, Ancelotti, who won silverware in Italy , Spain, England, Germany and France, listed Cafu, John Terry, Frank Lampard, Paolo Maldini, Andrea Pirlo, Kaka, Andriy Shevchenko, Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Zinedine Zidane and Buffon in his Ideal 11.
See full team below.
