Everton have appointed Carlo Ancelotti as their new manager after sacking Marco Silva earlier this month.
The 60-year-old Italian is one of only three managers to win the Champions League three times - twice with AC Milan and once with Real Madrid.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at Ancelotti's in-tray following his arrival at Goodison Park.
Harness Ferguson feel-good factor
Duncan Ferguson made an instant impact in his role as caretaker manager and will remain on Ancelotti's coaching staff.
Ferguson galvanised both players and fans after Silva's departure, instilling passion and belief overnight as Everton beat Chelsea and drew at Manchester United to climb out of the relegation zone.
Ancelotti would be wise to lean on him heavily as he gets to know his new squad and keep the 47-year-old Scot close to the players in a bid to maintain their momentum.
Unlock Kean potential
Moise Kean arrived at Goodison to a fanfare in the summer.
The teenager had scored eight goals in 21 appearances for Juventus and burst on to the international scene by scoring twice in three games for Italy.
But he is yet to hit the net in 14 appearances for Everton and his struggles reached a new low at Old Trafford on Sunday when he was hooked just 15 minutes after stepping off the bench.
Ancelotti must quickly get inside the 19-year-old's head to find out what makes him tick and unleash his undoubted potential.
Count his walking wounded
Silva could point to a string of injuries in mitigation for Everton's poor form this season and Ancelotti will task his backroom staff with ensuring all his key players are available as soon as possible.
The club's £25million summer signing Jean-Philippe Gbamin and Andre Gomes are long-term absentees and have been joined on the sidelines by Theo Walcott and Morgan Schneiderlin. Fabian Delph, Yerry Mina and Seamus Coleman are all working their way back to full fitness and the new boss will be hoping for better luck.
Keep Calvert-Lewin on song
Dominic Calvert-Lewin has embodied Ferguson's fighting spirit of late.
The 22-year-old, alongside Richarlison, answered his caretaker boss's call to arms by firing a double in the win against Chelsea and turning in another accomplished centre-forward's display against Manchester United.
The former Sheffield United striker is another young player whose exciting potential Ancelotti must harness, while fans favourite Ferguson is the ideal man to help him do it.
Look up, not down
Everton were in the Premier League's bottom three two games ago, but now sit three points clear and Ancelotti has time enough to steer a talented squad quickly up a congested table.
Only seven points separate the Toffees from sixth-placed Manchester United and if momentum can be maintained over the Christmas period - they face Arsenal (h), Burnley (h), Newcastle (a) and Manchester City (a) - Ancelotti's aspirations for the rest of the season will be in stark contrast to those of the club's fans after Silva's final game in charge.
Ancelotti's career in numbers
Here, the PA News agency looks at the Italian's record in a career taking in some of Europe's leading clubs.
Reggiana, 1995-96
- Played 41 Won 17 Drew 14 Lost 10 Goals For 45 Goals Against 36 Win percentage 41.5
Parma, 1996-98
- P87 W42 D27 L18 F124 A85 Win percentage 48.3
Juventus, 1999-2001
- P114 W63 D33 L18 F185 A101 Win percentage 55.3
- Trophies: Intertoto Cup 1999
AC Milan, 2001-09
- P423 W238 D101 L84 F690 A357 Win percentage 56.3
- Trophies: Serie A 2003-04; Coppa Italia 2002-03; Champions League 2002-03, 2006-07; Italian Super Cup 2004; UEFA Super Cup 2003, 2007; Club World Cup 2007
Chelsea, 2009-11
- P109 W67 D20 L22 F241 A94 Win percentage 61.5
- Trophies: Premier League 2009-10; FA Cup 2009-10; Community Shield 2009
Paris St Germain, 2011-13
- P77 W49 D19 L9 F153 A64 Win percentage 63.7
- Trophies: Ligue 1 2012-13
Real Madrid, 2013-15
- P119 W89 D14 L16 F323 A103 Win percentage 74.8
- Trophies: Copa Del Rey 2013-14; Champions League 2013-14; UEFA Super Cup 2014; Club World Cup 2014
Bayern Munich, 2016-17
- P60 W42 D9 L9 F156 A50 Win percentage 70.0
- Trophies: Bundesliga, 2016-17; German Super Cup 2016, 2017
Napoli, 2018-19
- P73 W38 D19 L16 F127 A73 Win percentage 52.1
Overall
- P1,103 W645 D256 L202 F2,044 A963 Win percentage 58.5
Trophies:
- Domestic league titles x4
- Domestic cups x3
- Champions League x3
- Intertoto Cup x1
- Domestic Super Cups/Community Shield x4
- UEFA Super Cup x3
- Club World Cup x2
Profile: Ancelotti will bring elite level experience
By Mark Walker, Press Association
Carlo Ancelotti's appointment as Everton's new boss is an undoubted coup for the Merseyside club.
The 60-year-old Italian has won major trophies in his homeland, England, France, Spain and Germany and is one of only three managers to win the Champions League three times.
He won it twice with AC Milan and once with Real Madrid and joins Bob Paisley, who won the old European Cup on three occasions with Liverpool, and Zinedine Zidane (also Real Madrid) in an elite club.
Ancelotti was sacked by Napoli on December 10 just hours after guiding them to the Champions League knockout stage, but his dismissal after a dispute with president Aurelio De Laurentiis has done little to diminish his stature on the world stage.
On his only previous assignment in England, Ancelotti won the Premier League and FA Cup double with Chelsea in 2010.
Chelsea went on to finish his second season in charge as Premier League runners-up behind Manchester United before he was sacked.
His win percentage at Stamford Bridge places him fourth in Premier League history behind Pep Guardiola, Antonio Conte and Sir Alex Ferguson.
Ancelotti was lured to London by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich after spending eight seasons at AC Milan, with whom he twice won the Champions League, in 2003 and 2007, as well as the Serie A title in 2004.
He was already a household name in Italy after a 16-year playing career at Parma, Roma and AC Milan, during which the former midfielder won 26 caps for his country.
Ancelotti won the Serie A title in 1983 and the Coppa Italia four times as a player with Roma, but missed out on their European Cup final defeat to Liverpool on penalties in 1984 through injury.
A move to AC Milan followed and he played a key role in Arrigo Sacchi's dominant side which won the Serie A title in 1988 and consecutive European Cups in 1989 and 1990.
After learning the managerial trade as assistant to Italy head coach Sacchi between 1992 and 1995, Ancelotti took charge of Reggiana and in his only season steered them to promotion from Serie B.
He then delivered Champions League football while in charge of Parma after guiding them to the runners-up spot in Serie A and repeated the feat at Juventus in 2000 before being unceremoniously sacked.
Juve announced his dismissal at half-time during their final game of the season and reappointed Marcelo Lippi.
Ancelotti's managerial stock rose at his next club, Milan, who he steered to the Serie A title in 2004 and two Champions League triumphs in 2003 and 2007.
Following his league and cup double success at Chelsea, Ancelotti won the Ligue 1 title with Paris St Germain in his first full season - they lost on away goals to Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals - before he quit to replace Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid.
Real signed Gareth Bale for a then world record £86million before Ancelotti's first season in charge and won the Champions League for a 10th time at the end of it.
Ancelotti is the only man to win two European Cups/Champions Leagues as a player and three as a manager.
He was sacked by Real in 2015 after successive third and second-placed finishes in LaLiga, but was hired by Bayern Munich later that year and in his solitary full season in charge, the German giants secured a fifth successive Bundesliga title.
Napoli appointed Ancelotti as Maurizio Sarri's successor in time for the 2018/19 season and finished runners-up in Serie A to Juventus.
But after a nine-game winless run and a high-profile row with club president De Laurentiis, Ancelotti was sacked earlier this month.