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Top three: The ideal candidates for the Leicester City job

By Harneet Singh Sethi

MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 28: Carlo Ancelotti, Manager of Bayern Muenchen looks on before the UEFA Champions League group D match between Club Atletico de Madrid and FC Bayern Muenchen at the Vicente Calderon Stadium on September 28, 2016 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 28: Carlo Ancelotti, Manager of Bayern Muenchen looks on before the UEFA Champions League group D match between Club Atletico de Madrid and FC Bayern Muenchen at the Vicente Calderon Stadium on September 28, 2016 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) /
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MADRID, SPAIN – MAY 25: Head coach Carlo Ancelotti of Real Madrid CF holds the UEFA Champions League cup celebrating their victory on the UEFA Champions League Final match against Club Atletico de Madrid at Cibeles square on the early morning of May, 25, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. Real Madrid CF achieves their 10th European Cup at Lisbon 12 years later. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)
MADRID, SPAIN – MAY 25: Head coach Carlo Ancelotti of Real Madrid CF holds the UEFA Champions League cup celebrating their victory on the UEFA Champions League Final match against Club Atletico de Madrid at Cibeles square on the early morning of May, 25, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. Real Madrid CF achieves their 10th European Cup at Lisbon 12 years later. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images) /

Carlo Ancelotti

Career honours: 20

UCL trophies: 3

It would be highly optimistic to think of Carlo Ancelotti managing Leicester City, but stranger things have happened at the King Power Stadium in the last couple of years.

The Italian needs no introduction, for his phenomenal record speaks for itself. A three-time UEFA Champions League winner, the former Bayern Munich manager has won titles in as many as four different nations, including England, where he led Chelsea to the 2009-10 Premier League title and in some style.

Carlo Ancelotti would undoubtedly bring the winning pedigree as a lagniappe, something that few managers can boast. Most notably, he doesn’t really have a specific set of tactics or a system that he likes to go by – he simply sees what he has at his disposal, makes improvements and wins, no matter how.

His flexibility means that the Leicester players can easily acquaint themselves to the manager and get going.