Ricky Kaka and Jeremy Menez explain why Carlo Ancelotti is so special at man-management. “He would attend barbecues with us and start singing.”

Currently at Everton, Ancelotti spent most of his coaching career at Milan, going on to PSG, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Napoli.

“I always say he is the coach who helped me to win the most in my career and he’s the best I ever worked with in terms of that sensibility and knowing how to talk to people,” Kaka told the official Milan website.

Napoli are hoping Everton will do a package deal for both Allan and Hirving Lozano, claim France Football, which could cost in the region of €70-80m.

Carlo Ancelotti’s interest in the two Napoli players is no secret, while the Partenopei are not particularly eager to keep either of them after a disappointing season.

According to France Football, President Aurelio De Laurentiis is hoping to replenish the club coffers with a double deal, palming both Lozano and Allan over to Everton.

Everton are reportedly prepared to enter discussions with Inter regarding Moise Kean, who seems set for a return to Italy.

The youngster moved from Juventus to Everton last summer but has struggled to settle in the Premier League and despite the arrival of coach Carlo Ancelotti, he seems set for a return to Serie A in the upcoming transfer window.

Ancelotti has targeted LOSC Lille centre-back Gabriel Megalhaes and the sale of Kean, who is tied to the Toffees until June 2024, could be of use to help fund a move for the Brazilian defender.

Former Milan forward Hernan Crespo has claimed Carlo Ancelotti played the ‘elegant’ football former President Silvio Berlusconi ‘wanted’.

Crespo, who started and ended his career in Serie A with Parma, picked up trophies playing for Lazio, Inter and Milan during his time in Italy.

He was part of the Milan squad who played in the Champions League Final under Ancelotti in 2004-05, eventually losing to Liverpool after squandering a 3-0 lead he helped build with a brace before half time in Istanbul.

Elseid Hysaj’s agent credits Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso with “giving back his confidence” after a dismal spell under Carlo Ancelotti.

The Albania international is still expected to leave in the summer, but had been ready to walk out mid-season until Gattuso replaced Ancelotti in December.

“Hysaj has returned to his previous high standards and that is because Gattuso is giving him back his confidence, the best element to make a player truly deliver his potential,” Mario Giuffredi told Radio Marte.

Napoli midfielder Allan could be on his way to reunite with Carlo Ancelotti at Everton, who are reportedly in talks with his agent.

The Gazzetta dello Sport journalist Nicolò Schira claims the Brazilian midfielder has received an offer of €6m a year plus bonuses from the Toffees.

Allan was one of Ancelotti’s most trusted men at the San Paolo and the former Partenopei coach could be the key to convince the 29-year-old of a move to Goodison Park.

Everton, Manchester United and Napoli are preparing possible summer swoops for Torino hitman Andrea Belotti.

According to Tuttosport, the striker has long been a target for Carlo Ancelotti, even back when he was the coach of Bayern Munich and Napoli.

Now that the tactician is in the Premier League with Everton, he feels Belotti would be a success, as the 26-year-old is one of the hardest-working forwards in the game.

He scored 15 goals in 31 competitive games so far this season, including six in six Europa League qualifiers.

Andriy Shevchenko will follow up the Ukraine job by “coaching a club, either in Serie A or the Premier League,” reveals a member of his staff.

Tuttosport spoke to Andrea Maldera, a former Milan Match Analyst who is now working with Shevchenko’s team in Ukraine.

The retired striker has been linked with a return to Italy and the Rossoneri as a coach, which could well be on the cards in future.

“After the experience as a national team coach, his objective will be coaching a club,” said Maldera.

Carlo Ancelotti and Everton are targeting Napoli outcasts Allan and Hirving Lozano for this summer, but face competition from Atletico Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia.

The coach was fired at the Stadio San Paolo in December and within days had secured a new job with the Toffees in the Premier League.

He has since then been repeatedly linked with swoops for Partenopei players, including Lorenzo Insigne and Dries Mertens.

According to the Corriere dello Sport, the more realistic targets for the summer are two men who look to be on their way out anyway.