So who is the manager who should replace Sir Alex and why would he be a great choice to succeed arguably the greatest manager football has seen in the last 20-25 years?
His name as you would have probably worked out by the title of this article is Carlo Ancelotti who has had a quite remarkable career full-stop, not just as a manager but as a player as well most notably for Italian giants AC Milan and Roma.
As a manager he rose to fame at Parma where he inspired a young team (which included future World Cup winners Gianluigi Buffon and Fabio Cannavaro) to second place in Serie A behind Juventus in his first season in charge. Two seasons later ...