I played under former Premier League manager who was like James Bond and turned up to training in a helicopter
CARLO ANCELOTTI has been compared to James Bond for his stylish lifestyle.
The Italian manager has had two stints in the Premier League with Chelsea and Everton.
Ancelotti, 64, has had a remarkable managerial career, having won 25 TROPHIES.
He has managed at glamorous clubs such as Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Napoli and Juventus.
He is currently in his second stint at Real Madrid and is expected to move into international management with Brazil at the end of the season.
Former Chelsea flop Alexandre Pato, 34, starred for the Italian while at AC Milan.
The Brazilian forward has revealed that Ancelotti was like “a father” to him and that he lives “with style”.
Incredibly, Pato even compared the Italian to fictional spy James Bond.
In an interview with the Players Tribune, he said: “Ancelotti became like a father to me. He even named his dog Pato.
“You saw that picture of him on the bus parade in Madrid, with the sunglasses and the cigar?
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“Well, at Milan he’d turn up to training in a helicopter.
“He lived in Parma and his wife knew how to fly one. He’d step out like James Bond.
“If anyone lived with style, it was Carlo.”
Pato played for Ancelotti between 2007 and 2009, when he first emerged as one of Europe’s brightest talents.
In 2011, however, he started to have issues with injuries that curtailed his development.
The forward left the Serie A giants in 2013 as he moved back to his homeland with Corinthians.
Pato would later join Chelsea on loan but only featured twice in the Premier League, scoring one goal.
He went on to have spells at Villarreal, Tianjin Tianhai, and Orlando City, he is now playing for Sao Paulo.
His contract expires in December, though there is an option to extend it for a further 12 months.