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Everton: 3 reasons why Carlo Ancelotti wasn’t the right appointment

By Yusha Sharif

Everton's Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti watches his players from the touchline during the English Premier League football match between Burnley and Everton at Turf Moor in Burnley, north west England on December 5, 2020. (Photo by Clive Brunskill / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by CLIVE BRUNSKILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Everton's Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti watches his players from the touchline during the English Premier League football match between Burnley and Everton at Turf Moor in Burnley, north west England on December 5, 2020. (Photo by Clive Brunskill / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by CLIVE BRUNSKILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Good Name, Outdated Game 

Ancelotti may have an impressive CV when compared to all the managers currently in the Premier League but the fact is that he started his coaching career back in 1995, with only Roy Hodgson, Marcelo Bielsa and Sam Allardyce the only coaches to have a long coaching career than him. In terms of silverware he ranked 3rd just behind José Mourinho and Pep Guardiola respectively. Having a points per match (PPM) of 1.55 at Everton, he ranks 9th among the 20 coaches of the Premier League of the 2020-21 season.

There is an evident decline in his coaching which can be seen in his points per game. At Real Madrid, he garnered a career-high 2.36 PPM leading Real Madrid to the “La Decima”. But since then he has struggled with the clubs he has coached, amassing a 2.28 PPM in his ill-fated stint with the Bavarians where he didn’t even last for 2 whole seasons before being sacked after a string of poor results and losing the trust of his senior players.

His time at Napoli wasn’t fruitful either where a civil war began to unfold amid an alleged player mutiny, Ancelotti had lost the trust of Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis and was sacked, once again failing to complete 2 seasons at a club after being hired back in 2018 to replace Maurizio Sarri. His 1.82 PPM with the Partenopei showed a worrying decline for the once-revered manager.

Farhad Moshiri was looking for a big name to coach the Toffees since his takeover back in 2016, but this match wasn’t made in heaven and was the one to avoid for the Toffees who had just sacked Marco Silva after a 5-2 defeat at the hands of Merseyside rivals Liverpool, which brings us to our next point.

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