No coach has had more success in the word’s most prestigious club soccer competition than Carlo Ancelotti. Yet of the three high-profile European coaches starting new jobs this season, more attention has been paid to arrival in the Premier League of Pep Guardiola at Manchester City and Jose Mourinho at Manchester United. On top of that, Ancelotti has returned from a year’s sabbatical to a post that gives him little room for error: in charge of German powerhouse Bayern Munich, where a domestic championship is expected as the minimum and Champions League success is demanded.
Not that any of it seems to bother Ancelotti.