Seamus Coleman has been in football long enough that very little surprises him any more

Separated by a few feet in the Goodison Park directors’ box, and several decades of experience on their managerial CVs, Carlo Ancelotti and Mikel Arteta viewed a drab and dour stalemate which offered little insight into which appointment will ultimately prove the right approach from these two slumping giants of the English game.

You have to admire Ole Gunnar Solskajer’s determination to end up back where he started.

Carlo Ancelotti and Mikel Arteta will not face each other on the touchline today when Everton meet Arsenal at Goodison. The incoming gaffers will wait in the wings, ‘running the rule’, no doubt gaining an insight into the size of their tasks.

Not long ago, the cult of the manager was under threat. Sure, the gaffer was never more important or regarded.

Defender Jordi Alba says it is now up to every Barcelona player to stand up and perform as the club prepares to cope without talisman Lionel Messi.

The same week Stephen Rochford embarked on his first of three underwhelming Connacht championship campaigns with a visit to Ruislip, another manager familiar with some football grounds in London as well as working with top players for a support base craving silverware brought out a book called Quiet Leadership.

Sam Allardyce has ruled himself out of the running to be the next Everton manager after being put off by the club's indecision.

West Ham are looking for a new manager after Slaven Bilic was sacked this morning.

Read what the papers say about Ozil, Draxler and Ancelotti

When Carlo Ancelotti was dismissed by Bayern Munich this week, various theories for why he had been rather unceremoniously dumped were presented. What had gone wrong? Had he lost the dressing room? What had changed?

After the heights of our fabulous Madrid performance, the City game was a hell of a crash landing on Saturday evening.

Alexis Sanchez’s start to the season could be derailed after the Arsenal forward posted a picture on social media claiming he was ill.

Arsene Wenger insists Alexis Sanchez has not told him he wants to leave Arsenal.

When Zinedine Zidane took over as Real Madrid coach just 17 months ago, and almost immediately started winning matches, the local media quickly labelled him a ‘lucky manager’.

I didn’t like the fact that we were such favourites – it made me nervous. With good reason it turned out. Conte’s cup record is also rather poor which worried me.

Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti has admitted star striker Robert Lewandowski remains a major doubt for tonight’s Champions League quarter-final first-leg clash with Real Madrid.

There was a time when Arsene Wenger’s sides did this to the best in Europe.

A four-goal comeback in the Champions League sounds like fantasy football, and maybe it is — but Carlo Ancelotti has been on the receiving end.

Carlo Ancelotti insists he will name his “best team” for tonight’s clash in London as he believes Arsenal’s recent poor form could spur the Gunners on to a strong performance against his side.

Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti will face no further action over an offensive gesture he made following his side's 1-1 draw at Hertha Berlin on Saturday.

Bayern Munich against Arsenal has become a Champions League hardy perennial. Tomorrow night’s match takes on added significance following Philipp Lahm’s announcement that he will retire at the end of the season.

Swansea boss Paul Clement hopes his Champions League scouting mission at Arsenal will pay off in a fashion he could never have imagined.

Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti does not believe finishing second in Group D behind Atletico Madrid should prove too much of an obstacle to his side's Champions League ambitions.

Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti feels his side must not forget how good a start to the season they have made, despite going two games without a win.

You can say what you like about Louis van Gaal but give him one thing: he’s certainly a man who knows how to make history.

Carlo Ancelotti says he would like to return to England’s Premier League but the Italian manager, with one of the most garlanded records in world football, is not interested in taking any new job this season.

Liverpool’s pursuit of Jurgen Klopp has received almost universal backing from those who know the German and believe he will be an ideal fit at Anfield.

Never lost a derby. Can Shankly claim that? Can Paisley? Can your precious Rafa, eh? EH? EH?!?

Just What ‘Class’ is Roy Keane, Then?

Zinedine Zidane says he would have accepted the chance to replace Carlo Ancelotti as Real Madrid coach had he been offered the job.

Rafa Benitez emotionally hailed the “closing of a circle” as he returned to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu yesterday as first team coach - but the former Los Blancos youth team player and reserve trainer now has to quickly show that he can handle his dream job as Real Madrid first team coach.

Less than 24 hours after overseeing his final game in charge of Napoli, Rafael Benitez landed in Madrid yesterday morning.

Less than 24 hours after overseeing his final game in charge of Napoli, Rafael Benitez landed in Madrid this morning.

Barcelona’s Copa Del Rey final win may have been Xavi’s last game at the Nou Camp but after the game it was Lionel Messi’s wonder goal which was at the forefront of the captain’s mind.