Ancelotti met Everton’s majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri in London on Tuesday for his first face-to-face talks with the Blues about becoming manager. Ancelotti and Everton have settled on his principal backroom staff and the Italian has agreed to give Ferguson a prominent role. The Blues hierarchy have been hugely impressed by the way Ferguson has galvanised the team in his two games in caretaker charge. (Image: PETER POWELL/EPA-EFE/REX)Moshiri has impressed Ancelotti with his ambitions for Everton and he is willing to make him one of the highest-paid coaches in Europe. Everton are prepared to give Ancelotti a three-and-a-half year contact until June 2023, which could be worth a reported £11.5million-a-year.

Source: Daily Mirror December 17, 2019 19:07 UTC