Kate Mason, Pete Donaldson and Vithushan Ehantharajah appeared on a recent edition of the ‘Football Ramble Daily’ podcast where they shared their thoughts on the latest goings-on in the Premier League and reacted to Monday’s clash between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton.
One of the topics of discussion that came up during the panel’s chat about Monday’s match that saw Spurs beat Everton 1-0 was Toffees boss Carlo Ancelotti and during that conversation, Ehantharajah shared his thoughts on why Ancelotti joined Everton.
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The journalist said: “He could have held out for a better job. In a different world, he gets that Spurs job or he just makes a load of money elsewhere, doesn’t he?
“It’s not like there aren’t avenues for him to go down to enjoy the rest of his career and be pretty satisfied when he puts his medals on the table and thinks – ‘I’ve had a good run at this.’
“So, he clearly has ambitions still within the game and he clearly believes that Everton are a club that he can mould, not just in a tactical sense, but they seem to revere him quite a lot as well because he’s an incredibly famous manager.”
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Ancelotti left Napoli on 10th December, just 12 days before he joined Everton and 20 days after Jose Mourinho became Tottenham Hotspur boss. With that in mind, it may be understandable why Ehantharajah stated that he believes “in a different world, he gets that Spurs job,” because if the timing had worked out, then the three-time UEFA Champions League-winning coach could well have been a viable candidate for the vacant managerial position at last season’s Champions League finalists.
However, as Ehantharajah explained, the fact that the Italian coach took a challenge by joining Everton, who were sitting in 15th place on the Premier League table on the day that he became Toffees boss, instead of holding out for a job at a club in a better position or moving somewhere to cash in on his success, may indicate that the 61-year-old is still as ambitious as ever and that may be good news for Toffees supporters.