With Carlo Ancelotti by his side, Florentino Pérez has enjoyed his best year as Real Madrid's president.

The two understand each other so well that he has even been heard to say, "We want Carlo to be Real Madrid's Ferguson".

'Los Blancos' have signed off 2014 with four titles, something that no other Real president has ever achieved. The president has built the perfect team of professionals, while always leading by example. Next year, his players will be able to show off a new emblem on their shirts, identifying them as the World Champions.

The year hasn't been a walk in the park for Real's head honcho, however. It started off shrouded in doubt. When the season kicked off, the team was only just finding its new identity and Ancelotti's skillful engineering was nowhere to be seen in the first few weeks. The club's rocky start to the season even had some predicting that the Italian had one foot out of the door.

Today, Ancelotti is worshipped by all the Real faithful, but during this fantastic 2014, he has come under fire on a couple of occasions. The first was in Lisbon. The second, at the start of the season following the two defeats one after the other against Real Sociedad and Atlético de Madrid.

Florentino was not sure of allowing the manager to continue in the Real Madrid dugout until they both sat down with José Ángel Sánchez five days after the Lisbon final. Since then, it has been success all the way.