When Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was asked about Carlo Ancelotti ahead of Saturday night's Champions League final, it was significant he namechecked the manager's son.
'Carlo had a very good staff around him. His son Davide and a really good team,' said the England goalkeeper who played under Ancelotti and Ancelotti Jr for 18 months before they decamped Goodison Park for Real Madrid last summer.
Nepotism has never been an accusation as far as 32-year-old Davide who has already shown he's a great operator in his own right besides being the offspring of one of the world's great managers.