Carlo Ancelotti is expected to take the Everton manager’s job on a deal that will contract him to the club until the summer of 2024, with an announcement expected soon from Goodison Park that could see the new manager in place for the weekend.

The Italian, who won the Premier League and FA Cup double with Chelsea in 2010, is currently in London and is eager to get started as soon as possible, although caretaker manager Duncan Ferguson will be in charge for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup quarter-final against Leicester City. Ancelotti will bring his own staff to Goodison Park, where the hope is that he will be in charge for the next league game against Arsenal on Saturday.

There are some details of his departure from Napoli to be formalised before an announcement can be made. He was sacked by the Italian club on Tuesday last week. Everton issued a statement on Monday night in which the club said that no contract offer had been made and that no candidate who had been approached had withdrawn from the process.

The 60-year-old is the big coaching name that the Everton majority owner Farhad Moshiri wanted in the wake of Marco Silva’s sacking on December 5 and the anticipated length of Ancelotti’s contract is a signal of the club’s faith in him. Ancelotti was also one of many approached by Arsenal in the wake of their dismissal of Unai Emery at the end of last month and the Italian featured prominently in their thinking.