In a Q&A with Italian media outlet Corriere della Sera, via Calciomercato, Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti has spoken about his relationship with rival Premier League managers, and admitted that he exchanges messages with Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho.
What did he say?
Well, the 60-year-old was actually asked by Corriere della Sera what his relationship with Jurgen Klopp, who is at the helm of the Toffees’ arch-rivals Liverpool, is like, and he replied saying it is “excellent” as they already knew each other before he was appointed at Goodison Park in December as Marco Silva’s successor.
However, the former Napoli chief went on to add that he has a similar friendship with Mourinho, saying “we send messages”.
Did he really play for us?! No Everton fan has managed to name all of these obscure Toffees players….
No harm in that
Ancelotti is an experienced manager and there is absolutely no harm in him exchanging messages with someone like the Portuguese, especially now he is living in England again.
The communication between the duo may have to relent a little in the coming weeks and months though given the good form Everton are currently showing, which has left them in seventh and just one place and one point adrift of Spurs in the Premier League standings – not bad considering they were in the relegation zone when Silva was sacked in December.
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Both sides are certainly in contention for even a top-four finish if they can continue their respective runs of form given Tottenham and the Toffees lie four and five points adrift of fourth-placed Chelsea respectively, and so they could be in direct competition for the foreseeable future.
It’s best to give nothing away to each other in that sense then, meaning any messages between the two from now on should perhaps be strictly professional.
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