Carlo Ancelotti Has Never Taken On A Challenge Like Arsenal

Carlo Ancelotti has an outstanding resume but he has never taken on a challenge like Arenal, states Matt Upson.

The former Gunners player laid out Ancelotti’s greatest weakness despite him winning three Champions League titles with three different clubs.

There is no doubt the Italian is one of Arsenal’s top candidates the question remains on whether he will be up for the challenge.

“When you rattle out the list of names from Juventus, AC Milan and Chelsea and Real Madrid and you can go on and on,” Upson told Sky Sports. “The Champions League’s he’s won, the league titles won across three-four different leagues: His CV is ridiculous.”

“But when he comes into those clubs they’re never normally suffering too much. He’s taken over from a relatively positive reign and the team is in quite good health shall we say, and I think this would be very much a different challenge [managing Everton or Arsenal]”.

“Only he can answer that question [whether he would want the challenge of managing Arsenal]. But he hasn’t really looked to take on that challenge before.

“Now whether or not that’s because he hasn’t had to is a different matter. Maybe the timings of things has been perfect, he always waited and said ‘alright, that one’. It’s meticulous the way he’s gone about the clubs and the success he’s had from one to the other, the condition he’s taken them over in and the condition he’s left them in. It’s been such a polished career so far, is he going to change it for a different challenge? Perhaps he wants that.

“Perhaps his touch will get the best out of that current group of players.”