That Carlo Ancelotti is a man with principles and values is something that no one in the so-called elite of European football is missing, where everyone knows each other. AS has had access to one more proof of this when it learned that two weeks ago, once the voluntary departure of Antonio Conte from Inter was consummated, the club neroazzurro He decided to call Ancelotti to offer him his bench. Carlo did not refuse, alluding to the easier argument (“I have a three-year contract with Everton”), but to something more purely emotional.
The man from La Décima responded to the Inter emissaries that he could not accept their proposal “because I became a great team player at Milan and I owe it to their tifosi. I cannot betray them ”. That passion for the club rossonero (where he won 9 titles as a player and 8 as a coach, including two Champions) is the one that, without realizing it at the time, He was going to allow him to fulfill his dream of being able to return to Real Madrid days later.
Ancelotti has always recognized among his most trusted people that Milan and Madrid are the two clubs that have marked him the most in his career. That is why, when last Saturday José Angel Sánchez, general director of the bank club, called Liverpool to find out about his availability to return to the bench that he successfully occupied between 2013 and 2015, he did not hesitate for a second to answer “yes”. LHe licked his superiors at Everton and explained that, despite having a contract until 2024, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The toffee They understood his wish, they released him and now they will fill their gap with Nuno Espirito Santo, who at the Wolves has done a great job in recent years.
Ancelotti is a man who is moved by emotions and sensations, not by money. That is why he accepted Madrid's offer despite seeing his file reduced by almost half. In Madrid he found professional and personal happiness in his first stage. The rest is in the background for him. His love for Milan opened the door to his other football love, that of the Bernabéu. Carlo, genius and figure.