Everton have lost Carlo Ancelotti to Real Madrid, and as you can imagine, it’s panic stations at Goodison Park.
Ancelotti is one of the best managers in the world, and it’s going to be tough to replace him, but in our view, Everton may have reason to be grateful for the timing of his departure in a few years’ time.
Indeed, when you look at the calibre of managers available at the moment, there’s reason to believe that Ancelotti’s departure has come at a good moment.
The likes of Antonio Conte, Rafa Benitez and Maurizio Sarri are three managers who have CVs who can compete with Ancelotti’s and they’re all available at the moment, while other exciting coaches such as Christophe Galtier and Leonardo Jardim, who have both won Ligue 1 titles in recent years, are also available.
Even in the echelon below that elite-tier, you have the likes of Nuno Espirito Santo, Eddie Howe, Frank Lampard and available, and while they’re not at Ancelotti’s level, they’re younger manager who may flourish given the hefty financial backing the Toffees have gotten from Farhad Moshiri in recent years.
Don’t get us wrong, Ancelotti leaving Everton is far from ideal, but if we’re being optimistic, there has rarely been such an array of quality managers on the market at the same time.
In fact, we would go as far as to say that this is the best cohort of unemployed coaches we’ve seen in years, and it gives Everton the chance to get their next appointment spot on.
Let’s be honest, Ancelotti was never going to be the manager to take Everton forward for the next decade. He’s in his 60s, so his career is winding down, and even if it wasn’t Real Madrid this summer, there was always the chance he was going to be headhunted by a bigger club.
If Everton go out and pick up one of these great managers, they may look back on Madrid taking Ancelotti off of their hands as a positive rather than the unmitigated disaster it looks to be right now.
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