Premier League 2019-20: 3 reasons why Carlo Ancelotti is the right man for Arsenal

#3 He could help to remove the black clouds surrounding the club

Could Ancelotti be the man to remove the black clouds hanging over Arsenal?

While a feeling of positivity across a club – from the players and the board to the fans – can’t guarantee good results will happen, it’s practically a given that a bad atmosphere is likely to lead to poor results on the pitch. Unfortunately for fans of Arsenal, the black clouds hanging over the Emirates have been all too easy to spot this season.

The fans started the campaign distrusting of boss Unai Emery after he failed to really make an improvement on Arsene Wenger’s work in 2018-19, the Spaniard never seemed to know what his best side was – and didn’t seem fully trusting of big signings like Dani Ceballos and Nicolas Pepe – and that’s without even mentioning the unsavoury incident that saw Granit Xhaka stripped of the club’s captaincy following his angry reaction towards a section of Gunners’ fans that were booing him.

Emery has since been fired, but the bad feeling remains at Arsenal, especially as the man pegged as Xhaka’s replacement as captain – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – has been linked with a move away from the Emirates on numerous occasions and has also been controversially linked to a militant group of Gunners’ fans known as AFTV.

If anyone can bring a positive feeling back to Arsenal though, it’s Carlo Ancelotti. More than anything else, the Italian is known as one of football’s nice guys – the majority of players who have played under him have waxed lyrical about his man-management skills, with Cristiano Ronaldo famously describing him as being like “a big teddy bear”.

When you consider that the former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss has also managed players with renowned egos like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Arjen Robben – and even caused chaos at Napoli by standing by his squad when they refused to attend a “training retreat” after their recent slide in form – it seems a no-brainer that he’d be able to solve the problems at Arsenal, which seem minuscule in comparison.