Davide Ancelotti takes swipe at Everton, Moshiri and Kenwright as he tells of his time at the club

Davide Ancelotti takes a swipe at Everton, Farhad Moshiri and Bill Kenwright as he tells of his and his Dad’s time at the club.

He has been praised with this latest interview with fans saying that Davide ‘shows what a farce of a club we’ve been’.

There was excitement in December 2019, with Ancelotti appointed as manager of Everton on a four-and-a-half-year contract.

Ancelotti managed to record a total of eight wins, five draws and six losses in the league in his first season with the Toffees, as Everton finished in 12th place.

And during the close-season, he brought his former players James Rodríguez and Allan, along with the likes of Ben Godfrey, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Niels Nkounkou and loanee Robin Olsen.

His side started the 2020–21 season with seven consecutive wins in all competitions, with Ancelotti named September’s Premier League Manager of the Month.

But after a drop in form, a resumption of good results saw Everton end the year (2020) sitting in 4th place, though got knocked out of the Carabao Cup, losing 2–0 to Manchester United in the quarter-final and then results were rather mixed for the remainder of the season with Everton still finishing the season in 10th.

It was on the 1st of June 2021 that Ancelotti resigned from his position at Everton to rejoin Real Madrid, following the resignation of Zidane, signing a contract until 2024.

In June 2023, Carlo Ancelotti reportedly looked to sue the Premier League club in London’s high court as Everton faced financial struggles.

Ancelotti’s lawyers filed a claim for Ancelotti against his former employers late, according to court records, relating to “general commercial contracts and arrangements” and is listed to be heard in the commercial court.

Now Real Madrid Assistant Manager Davide Ancelotti has spoken to El Pais about his time at Everton.

Real Madrid Assistant Manager Davide Ancelotti has spoken to El Pais 🗞️🇪🇸 about his time at Everton.

“Me and my father (Carlo Ancelotti) enjoyed our time at Everton. We came in at the end of 2019 with a plan to get the club to where we all felt it deserved to be, competing at… pic.twitter.com/Jwinwy0KFx

— Behind The Game ⚽️ 🕶️ (@OfficialBTG2023) January 9, 2024

Davide said: “Me and my father (Carlo Ancelotti) enjoyed our time at Everton. We came in at the end of 2019 with a plan to get the club to where we all felt it deserved to be, competing at the top.

“The owner (Farhad Moshiri) sold us a vision which really excited us, we knew then that this was the place to really achieve that. The club had clearly went through a period of instability and we were determined to change that.

“Everyone knows that the Premier League isn’t easy, that first season was difficult. Everton was at the wrong end of the table when we took over. What we took from that season was the assessment of the squad and how we would improve that in the Summer.

“Unfortunately by this time, the world was a few months into a pandemic. This had a significant impact on Football and the financial implications were great. This is something we had to work with.

“That summer (2020) we were able to do some business to improve the squad including bringing in a player me and my father knew very well – James Rodriguez.

“However, during this time, problems began, there was a number of disagreements with the Director of Football (Marcel Brands) on strategy. He (Brands) wanted players which we felt weren’t the right fit for Everton; in the end, we came to an agreement on the players we would pursue but this was a long and difficult process.

“The Chairman (Bill Kenwright, who passed away in October 2023) would often sit in at these meetings giving advice which we found strange as this was something I had not seen at other football clubs.

“Following the summer, we started the season (2020-21) really well and we were confident that the club could really achieve European Football. There was of course a couple of poor runs throughout the season which ultimately cost us and we finished 10th; this was very disappointing.

“My father had grown increasingly frustrated with the business done in the January window that season and, after a meeting with the Chairman at the end of the season, we discovered that the club had very little to spend in the summer (2021). We were also told this was something unlikely to change for a number of years.

“At this point, I think my father had made his decision that this project was coming to an end. Just a day after this meeting, Real Madrid had approached us to take over there. It was a pretty easy decision but that isn’t out of respect for Everton. It’s a wonderful football club; however, with the serious financial problems it was facing, we decided that is was the right decision to leave.”

Davide Ancelotti has been at his father’s side as his assistant since the Bayern Munich job and the pair remain at Real Madrid having won a La Liga title, Champions League, Copa Del Rey, Supercopa de España, UEFA Super Cup & Club World Cup.

Twitter users gave their reaction as Davide Ancelotti takes a swipe at Everton, Moshiri and Kenwright as he tells of his time at the club…

@balc_top: Moshiri and Kenwright talking a bunch of bollocks to get them to join and then failing them upon arrival. Can’t say I’m shocked

@gwladystreet80: Allen wasn’t a smart signing but James was a no brainer. Branthwaite, Godfrey and Doucoure would have been Brands and probably agreed to by Carlo. Doucoure and Branthwaite proven to be great signings. Interesting take on Kenwright and shouldn’t have been near transfer business.

@DannoJ21: Couple of key takeaways: Carlo would of been very successful had he been properly backed. Moshiri and Bill sold lies and don’t have the expertise necessary and Brands gave up on his ideas for Everton by giving in to players like Allan and James

@Poggymac87: Mad how Kenwright a theatre producer and ex coronation street actor was sat with Marcel Brands and Carlo Ancelotti giving his in put on transfer targets

@bluetom_tom: The mess we’ve been left in is absolutely criminal.

@Lord_Rupert_Ev: #EFC Just what i suspected!

@Maccydoon: I said at the time he didn’t leave because, as he said, couldn’t turn down Real but he felt that with no extra money he couldn’t achieve the success he wanted for us.

@lloydyefc10: The best most successful (best) signing Everton have ever made and a poorly run business with woeful leadership messed it up. A mess of a football club.

@wainyuno: It was great that carlo was an Everton manager shame the club is/was a mess from top to bottom pity he was left with nothing after koeman Walsh fiasco

@DannyBrodders: Was obvious there were tensions. He was after world class players like James Rodriguez…Brands brought in Josh King, who Ancelotti then refused to play. When he found out the summer budget, he bailed. Can’t blame him to be honest…

@AllisonMchugh5: What an insight, into our dysfunctional football club, Anncelotti had pedigree and given the funds would have I think brought success to Everton, but once again we were a laughing stock in the world at football, I hope we have turned a corner albeit a small one 💙💙

@Jackie1roberts: Shame that when they had no money to spend they didn’t want to show how good they were at coaching players and getting them to play as a team to get results, rather than spending money.

@TheEvertonian78: Interesting read. Why was Kenwright sitting in on transfer meetings offering advice 😂

@Charif1112: Explains a lot what going wrong at our club 👍

@EFCOptimist:
My key takeaways:
•The Ancelottis enjoyed their time at Everton
•Kenwright + Moshiri were too involved in football decisions (as expected)
•Brands wasn’t a problem
•DoF + Manager both giving thoughts on players is great
•COVID ruined Moshiri + he should have sold then

Ancelotti has just been told he’ll only have £7.23 to spend on the summer after being sold a dream

Bill Kenwright: https://t.co/mbR1uauDyn pic.twitter.com/z9aI8of2F2

— Jim Balshaw (@JimmyBalshaw) January 10, 2024