It didn't take very long for Frank Lampard to be impressed by Carlo Ancelotti when he became Chelsea manager back in 2009.
The Italian arrived at Stamford Bridge with a grand plan. A three-time Champions League winner, he came to Chelsea looking to repair the ruins of a season written off by Luis Felipe Scolari's short-lived reign before Guus Hiddink steadied the ship for the rest of the season.
He had long identified the need for a midfielder at Chelsea. Ancelotti first met Roman Abramovich in Paris two years before eventually taking the job and advised him to go after Liverpool's Xabi Alonso.