ABRAHAM ROMERO
@AbrahamRomero_
Madrid
Updated Sunday, 6June2021-01: 01
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Opinion Ancelotti is back: what the boss says
At
Crosby Beach
,
Liverpool's
beach
,
Carlo Ancelotti
took long walks while thinking about his future at
Everton
. "A quiet place where you can reflect on football," explained the Italian. At Christmas 2019, the English club had promised him an exciting project, with great signings, the construction of a new stadium and the dream of approaching the famous
Big 6
of the
Premier League
. That is why he signed and that is why, leaving footprints on the sand, he specified the next steps that the
Goodison Park
set had to take
. Until last Saturday the phone rang. An unexpected vibe that completely changed his career and life. It was, again,
Madrid
.
"Nothing.
It was all very fast
. Five minutes to say yes. When Madrid calls you, you can't say no, "say the people close to the protagonist of the Madrid week. That Saturday afternoon, Ancelotti, still in Liverpool analyzing the end of the season and preparing the next one before going on vacation, chatted with
Florentino Pérez
and
José Ángel Sánchez
, to whom he has had an excellent relationship since the Italian's departure from the Bernabéu. They even say that the general manager of Madrid has helped him sign some players in recent years. With them,
Carletto
had two
"long" conversations
in which both parties presented their arguments, proposed ideas and, above all, they were accepted again.
From there they followed
three days against the clock
between notices to Everton, lawyers and a lot of paperwork.
Ancelotti had three years left on his contract, but the English club, tenth in the Premier, did not put too many impediments to the strong desire of the transalpine to return to Madrid.
On Tuesday afternoon the official confirmation arrived, at which point the search for Madrid ended.
"His head was on something else"
The new coach flew solo from Liverpool to the Spanish capital, signed, made the presentation to the media and flew back to England, where he had to solve the last procedures with his wife,
Mariann
, whose father lives in Spain. They planned to travel to
Vancouver
, where she has a family, but the confinement changed their plans. They
will
now
seek sunshine
after many months of fog in Liverpool. Perhaps
Cinque Terre
, one of Carletto's "romantic and special" favorites. Everything already conditioned by his new destination: "
His head was on something else until Madrid appeared
." His first decision was to
advance the return of his players by a week
, now scheduled for July 5.
Ancelotti has won a casting that seemed to star Conte and Pochettino: «
Carlo doesn't see himself as anyone's second course
.
He has been in this for 40 years and knows how football works ”, they summarize in the negotiation environment.
His name did not appear in the media until Monday night, when the unsigned agreement "was already closed."
During these years, the Italian has maintained an extraordinary relationship with Madrid managers, employees and footballers, a constant in his career.
«He
is very empathetic and knows how to create very close personal relationships
.
The places are always good ”, they say about him.
That translates into the great friendship he has with some of his exes, such as
Ibrahimovic, Beckham, Modric or Cristiano
.
He texts very often and some even invites them to dinner at his favorite restaurant in
Parma
.
"He does not like to argue with his wife"
A priori, the first reflection on the arrival of Ancelotti is that of "
club man
" who will assume the project of the board, focused on young people. «He
understands the circumstances of each club well
and is very open to
dialogue
. He does not like to argue with his wife, "add people close to him. The result of many years under the command of
Berlusconi, Abramovich or Florentino
. "Handle these situations well." In summary, the Italian knows the squad, the quarry and the loaned players, as he acknowledged at a press conference, and assumes that it is a different first team from the one he picked up in 2013. «
The easy thing is to catch Cristiano and Modric fully
, that is a challenge for him ”, they admit.
And at the center of this analysis of the first team and the quarry,
Davide, his son
, "a very prepared kid."
It was his second at Everton and, although Ancelotti always wants to have someone "from the house" by his side, he will be the most important assistant.
A football obsessed, like Carletto, who now also entertains himself with the
NBA Playoffs
, his other great sports hobby, although no longer his favorite,
LeBron James
.
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