In an interview in the print edition of Corriere della Sera on Tuesday, via Sport Witness and Calciomercato, Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti has revealed the thing son Davide tells him that nobody else does at the Merseyside outfit.
What’s the word, then?
Well, the 60-year-old appointed his child – who is exactly half his age – as his assistant coach when he was named as Marco Silva’s successor in December, with the Italian working alongside Duncan Ferguson in the role.
Corriere della Sera, via Calciomercato, decided to ask the former Napoli boss about his working relationship with his family member, with the three-times Champions League winning manager replying, via a translation:
“It’s nice to work with a 30-year-old. Davide is a coach with a UEFA A license: in Italy, he would not have the minimum age, who knows why.
“The relationship between us is professional, but certainly my son tells me things that nobody else tells me: even the bad things I do.”
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Going well so far
Working with your son – and him working with his dad – might not always be seen as a recipe for success in any walk of life, but it has certainly paid dividends for Everton to date.
The Merseyside outfit have won five and drawn two of Ancelotti’s eight Premier League matches at the helm to date, and they have gone from relegation candidates under Silva to being just five points adrift of fourth-placed Chelsea in the standings now.
Did he really play for us?! No Everton fan has managed to name all of these obscure Toffees players….
Obviously it is good that Davide feels confident enough to call out his father on things he might be getting wrong, as there may be others that would be too worried to question a manager that has been as successful as the 60-year-old has been during his career – having top-flight title wins in England, Italy, Germany and France is proof of that.
Everton supporters will be hoping their success continues under the Ancelotti family for a while yet.
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