Ancelotti has managed loaded teams for most of his career, the 03 to 07 Milan was backed heavily by Berlusconi and had players like Shevchenko,Rui Costa,Kaka etc. Parma may be the last time he managed a team that was not loaded but then again those Parma teams managed to get good players from South America like Veron and Crespo. This Liverpool team has been stripped and the Spurs comparisons are not that far off IMO. They would need to move from a team getting Villa,Southampton players to a real challenger in the market.