What a manager!
- Status
Ancelotti: 'It didn't end well with Napoli, I'm relieved in the Premier League' | English News | Calciomercato.com
Everton coach Carlo Ancelotti discussed his move to the Premier League, his dismissal from Napoli and his work in England in an interview in today’s paper edition of the Milan based newspaper Corriere
Some really interesting quotes form the big man today in Italian press. Italian football seems like hell.
Ancelotti: 'It didn't end well with Napoli, I'm relieved in the Premier League'
Everton coach Carlo Ancelotti discussed his move to the Premier League, his dismissal from Napoli and his work in England in an interview in today’s paper edition of the Milan based newspaper Corriere della Sera via Calciomercato.com today.
"Do I, Vialli, Zola, Ranieri seem relieved in England? Well, they're right! If you're used to Italian football, find another world. I'm not talking about the intensity of the game, that's not what makes the difference. It's a different environment here. In England you're not offended, for example. The insults are annoying. In some Italian stadiums you get the impression that people hate you, maybe because you changed teams. A guy sits behind the bench and throws insults at you for 90 minutes. Here, it's unthinkable.”
The 60-year-old Italian coach then spoke about the rivalry with Premier League leaders Liverpool.
"Sports rivalry at the centre. Like in Milan between Milan and Inter. No hate. No real geographical, social, political or religious differences between the fans.”
The former AC Milan and Napoli coach touched on his relationship with Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp.
“Great, we already knew each other. Same with Mourinho. We send each other messages.”
Ancelotti discussed how it feels to work with his son, Davide, at Everton.
“Nice working with a 30-year-old. Davide is a coach with a UEFA A licence. In Italy, he wouldn't have the minimum age, who knows why. The relationship between us is professional, but certainly my son tells me things that no one else tells me, even about the bad things I do...”
The Italian coach spoke about his decision to join Napoli and his time there, as well as his dismissal.
“I went to Napoli because, after nine years abroad, I wanted to come back to Italy and Naples seemed to me an interesting place... Let's say it didn't end well, but it was a good experience. Living in Naples is one of the most beautiful things that can happen. Then a little bit because of the results, a little bit because of other difficulties, the relationship ended. I was dismissed on December 12th, Everton sent the coach away at the beginning of December, things combined. Coincidences. De Laurentiis said "I've thought about changing", I said "Are you sure?", he said "Yes", then I said "Ok, then I'll look for another team". I didn't feel like sitting still and getting paid without working. Coaching in England is fascinating, and Everton's owners are ambitious.”
Ancelotti spoke about the dismissal in a little more detail.
“How does a coach figure out that he’ll be dismissed? Smell it, smell it... In football, secrets don't exist. You know everything about everybody. In Naples you could smell it... what do you have to do? You have to take note.”
The former Paris Saint Germain and Real Madrid coach touched on the criticisms he’s received, especially at the end of his Napoli career.
“What bothered me? It bothers me that, when things don't go well, they say ‘Ah, you have to use the whip, you're too good, you're too kind and accommodating with the players!’. But I say, managers in the world don't know how I train? You can't just take me and then tell me to change my way of coaching, my way of being. Because that's how I am, that's how the successes came. If you say, ‘You gotta use the whip!’, it's wrong, it's wrong."
Finally, Ancelotti discussed similar criticism he’s received earlier in his career.
"It only happened with Napoli? No no, it also happened at Chelsea, it happened at PSG... I won a lot, I know, but the hard times were everywhere. Even at Milan there were some very difficult times. But they were overcame. Here, maybe Milan was the only place where they didn't tell me ‘Use the whip’. Because they knew me.”
Everton, under the guidance of Ancelotti, are currently 7th in the league after 26 games. The English club have recovered from their poor first half of the season thanks to the work of the Italian coach.
mkrudden
Player Valuation: £40m
Maniacs mate.
blue62
Player Valuation: £5m
I don't know if you were able to fully appreciate the 1980's team, but the effect was seismic and to simply state that Howard 'won us things' is, I think, a massive understatement. Don't misunderstand me, I am delighted that we have got Carlo and if he can come anywhere near Kendall's achievements he will be a legend, but you will never convince me that he is a whole different ball game. Howard was denied the best years of his life at Everton through no fault of his or ours, and although Carlo has had an immediate impact it's way too early.
scotchbutterpin
Player Valuation: £1m
He's relieving himself in the Premier League?
TheSecondComing
Player Valuation: £35m
Says "owners" this is happening a lot isn't it?
We only have 1 true owner
I’ll let you decide who that is
Hint .Its not Moshiri
StreetEndBlue
Player Valuation: £10m
We're lucky to have this guy. Wonder we're we'd be now if Moyes had got the gig.as some blues wanted?
granter79
Player Valuation: £35m
Win at Arsenal and we go into the UTD game in great shape of getting to close to Europe. A lot of the teams from 9th into 4th play each other the next few weeks so could get interesting if we keep winning games.
Still cant believe he manages us and we have 2 strikers scoring weekly!
Still cant believe he manages us and we have 2 strikers scoring weekly!
davids
Player Valuation: £60m
And yet if that near post shot had gone in rather than hit the post and Pickford has "spread himself" in a different configuration for the Benteke header.The differences in the Prem between winning and losing can be very small.Sheffield United were supposed to be crap.
You mean the man who couldn't decide ,let his contract run out and then we find he had been in cohorts with Ferguson for months .I could not be surprised by anything the trout says or does except putting a string of good results together .
I honestly would have been in a terrible place if he had been signed up .I will never stop supporting the love of my life but he would have taken all the pleasure from it.
Baines' left foot
Player Valuation: £90m
People with lives so miserable they’re compelled to bring everything else down to their level.
JelavicBrate2
Player Valuation: £8m
Not really since compare our form since Silva left to when he was there. We've won about 21 points since he left. we lost 14 points from the time we lost to Sheffield United. Are you really honestly suggesting that we couldn't of got results against Burnley, which was caused by Silva's zonal marking the likes of Brighton and Leicester? Do you think we'd be in a better or worse situation if Silva was still here?
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
To see us change so much in form since silva went is unreal really, with the same players who could not care less most weeks,now they have a boss who is a Top Dog in every sense that the players should never show him disrespect the way they may have with other previous mangers
- Status
