Ancelotti’s pedigree as a three-time Champions League-winning coach makes him an ambitious target for relegation threatened Everton

Everton have discussed Carlo Ancelotti as an ambitious candidate to replace Marco Silva.

Ancelotti, the Napoli coach, has won the Champions League three times as a manager and guided Chelsea to a Premier League and FA Cup double in 2009-10.

The Italian is among the names under consideration on a wide ranging list. Vitor Pereira of Shanghai SIPG, the former Everton manager David Moyes, ex-Valencia coach Marcelino and Ajax’s Erik ten Hag are among those who have also been spoken to, or about.

Pereira, overlooked by Everton when Roberto Martinez was appointed manager in 2013, is also on the shortlist of managerless Arsenal.

An approach has also been made by Everton to former Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino.

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