Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Beckham: Mind-blowing squad of players Carlo Ancelotti has managed

Carlo Ancelotti has pretty much coached any and every world-class footballer worth their salt.

Like, seriously, across the legendary manager’s illustrious career spanning the likes of Chelsea, Juventus, AC Milan and Real Madrid, there are little to none of the greatest male players of the 21st century that he hasn’t worked with.

The legends that came through Barcelona in the late 2000s and 2010s are pretty much the only major exception with Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andres Iniesta never having paired up with the enigmatic Italian.

However, those few anomalies aside, you pretty much have the pick of every top baller since Ancelotti's move to the dugout to choose from when it comes to picking his greatest ever XI of players.

Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola will probably endure as superior coaches to Ancelotti, sure, but their finest ever squad or line-up of players they managed will never be able to compete with that of Don Carlo.

Earlier this year, we underlined that fact by revealing the staggering XI you can make from Ancelotti alumni, but the crazy thing about the options at our disposal was that Karim Benzema didn't even make the cut.

Yes, that's right, the unstoppable striker who just became only the second player other than Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi to win the Ballon d'Or since 2007 couldn't even make the bench.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is the mind-blowing depths of talent that we're talking about here and in light of Benzema's well-deserved triumph this week, we simply had to fan things out from simply a starting XI.

In fact, we're going beyond second, third or fourth-string team sheets and swinging for the fences by imaging the head-spinning amount of squad depth Ancelotti would have at his disposal if he got