Pep Guardiola gives his verdict on Everton appointing Carlo Ancelotti

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has labelled the arrival of Carlo Ancelotti into the Premier League as "incredible news for English football". Ancelotti replaced Guardiola at Bayern Munich when the Catalan left to join Manchester City and Guardiola revealed the pair are friends ahead of their first meeting in the Premier League. When asked how well he knew Ancelotti, Guardiola said: "Quite well. We play against him a few times, not much. Always his teams beat our teams. I was with him, it was an honour to be with him a few times, dinner and talk, Uefa meetings and private dinners. He is an incredible gentleman.  "He conduct one of the greatest and more experienced teams in Europe, the list is huge and when that happens it is because you are an incredible manager. I think it is incredible news for English football he is back and I think he can make an incredible job there." Guardiola is also expecting the upcoming clash between his side and Everton to be difficult. "Everton is Everton, one of the biggest and traditional and historical teams in England, with incredible quality in these players," he said. "They struggle a bit for the points this season but the quality is there and with a new manager with incredible experience. A manager like Carlo and with his incredible capacity. Carlo is one of the smartest guys he is always able, it doesn’t matter the team he takes, to make them work, good results in the last two games so difficult test for us." Two sides are set to face each other on New Year's Day at the Etihad Stadium. Source- Manchester Evening News

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