Everton: 5 options to replace Carlo Ancelotti who left for Real Madrid

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Paulo Fonseca saw out his contract at AS Roma

3. Paulo Fonseca

The second Portuguese manager on this list is Paulo Fonseca. Fonseca has seen out his contract at AS Roma and is on the hunt for a new opportunity. Fonseca couldn’t quite take AS Roma to glory in Italy but he kept the Giallorossi in the mix. Before his adventure in Rome, Fonseca had a highly successful time in Ukraine with Shakhtar Donetsk.

Now, Fonseca isn’t a high profile manager like Carlo Ancelotti but he is relatively very young in his managerial career. The 48 year old is from a slightly newer generation of coaches who adopt simple attacking minded, brave footballing philosophy rather than sticking to a pragmatic approach. That is the simplest way to define Fonseca’s identity as well.

Fonseca principally lines up his teams in a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-4-2 formation. Fluidity is one of the strongest traits in Fonseca’s sides and a lot relies on wide players. Everton do not boast talent on the flanks so if Fonseca arrives, we can expect a lot of attention being given to the flanks. Advanced, attack hungry full backs also are key in his system which would bode well at Everton considering Lucas Digne as one of the most impressive full backs in the league.

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Fonseca keeps a patient approach rather than just instructing his teams to thread the ball forward in a hope that one of his attacking players will get hold of the ball. His sides construct play through a closely knit network of players playing short passes, involving the defenders as well in the buildup process.

Everton have been blamed for not having a proper identity for years and Fonseca could be the man to solve this crisis. He not only brings a set of principles to the team and makes them play a particular style of football but is also a brilliant man-manager and extracts the best out of players through his coaching.

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