Ancelotti 'to appoint his son Davide & Duncan Ferguson as assistants' at Everton

Carlo Ancelotti is reportedly ready to appoint two assistant managers should he take over at Everton.

Farhad Moshiri, Everton's major shareholder, is driving the pursuit of the Italian and has held talks with Ancelotti in London.

While Ancelotti is stalling on Everton's offer as he seeks more assurance on future plans, the Mirror report he has decided he would install his son, Davide, and current caretaker boss Duncan Ferguson as his assistants if he takes the job.

Everton have shown a marked improvement in the last two matches under Ferguson and the report goes on to add that Ancelotti 'has promised' him a prominent role moving forward.

Ferguson will take charge of Wednesday's Carabao Cup quarter-final against Leicester at Goodison Park with a growing expectation that that could be his final game in charge.

Ancelotti's son, Davide, has been involved since 2012 when he was brought in by his dad at Paris Saint-Germain as the French side's fitness coach.

This was a position the 30-year-old also held at Real Madrid before he later stepped up to be an assistant to his dad at Bayern Munich and most recently, at Napoli.

The length of the contract Moshiri is prepared to offer to Ancelotti unclear but it is understood the finance would be huge — in excess of £8million a year.

Ancelotti is aware Everton's squad will need trimming following an expensive recruitment policy that has failed to pay dividends in the past four years and the delay in his arrival appears to have centred around gathering more assurances.

He wants to know what control he will have, with director of football Marcel Brands currently in charge of transfers.

Everton have spoken to a number of candidates since Silva was sacked two weeks ago.

David Moyes, the former manager, has had face-to-face talks with Moshiri.

Everton discussed their former player Mikel Arteta and have also considered Ralf Rangnick, while Vitor Pereira chose to stay at Shanghai SIPG.