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Milan’s Carlo Ancelotti was the best Coach in the world in 2007, according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics.

The football statisticians have already named Juventus’ Gigi Buffon as the top goalkeeper and rated each tactician through numerical analysis.

Champions League and Club World Cup winner Ancelotti finished a distance ahead of second-placed Sir Alex Ferguson with Inter’s Roberto Mancini languishing in eighth.

England manager Fabio Capello was rated 11th, despite delivering the La Liga title for Real Madrid and Roma’s Luciano Spalletti finished in 15th.


The top 10 in full:

1. Carlo Ancelotti (Milan)
2. Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)
3. Juande Ramos (Tottenham Hotspur)
4. Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)
5. Jose Mourinho (Without a club)
6. Rafael Benitez (Liverpool)
7. Frank Rijkaard (Barcelona)
8. Roberto Mancini (Inter)
9. Miguel Angelo Russo (Boca Juniors)
10. Gustavo Alfaro (Arsenal di Sarandi)

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(Sticking this here for lack of a better spot to put it.)

Marco Van Basten paid a visit to Milanello today. There's a whole bunch of stuff about it on acmilan.com's Italian page (yet to be translated to English. I'm sure they'll get around to it). He was interviewed too. link

Not sure if this is anything other than a visit to old friends, but there's sure a lot about it on the website.