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Ancelotti stalling on Everton offer as he seeks transfer reassurances
DOMINIC KING AND ADRIAN KAJUMBA: Carlo Ancelotti is stalling on Everton's offer to bring him back to the Premier League as he seeks reassurances about the club's future plans.www.dailymail.co.uk
Carlo Ancelotti is stalling on Everton's offer to bring him back to the Premier League as he seeks reassurances about the club's future plans. Farhad Moshiri, Everton's major shareholder, is driving the pursuit of the Italian and has held talks with Ancelotti in London.
The length of the contract Moshiri is prepared to offer is unclear but it is understood the finance would be huge — in excess of £8million a year.
There have been conflicting reports in the last 48 hours about how close Ancelotti is to becoming Marco Silva's successor but he has sought guidance on what plans Everton have for the summer transfer window, as they will not spend heavily in January.
Ancelotti is also aware Everton's squad will need trimming following an expensive recruitment policy that has failed to pay dividends in the past four years.
He wants to know what control he will have, with director of football Marcel Brands currently in charge of transfers. Everton have spoken to a number of candidates since Silva was sacked two weeks ago.
David Moyes, the former manager, has had face-to-face talks with Moshiri.
Everton discussed their former player Mikel Arteta and have also considered Ralf Rangnick, while Vitor Pereira chose to stay at Shanghai SIPG.
Everton will now channel their energy into the Carabao Cup tie with Leicester on Wednesday night and interim manager Duncan Ferguson is demanding a bear- pit atmosphere at Goodison Park.
Ferguson said: 'We've not been to many semi-finals in this competition before and we've never won this cup. So we're not looking too far ahead, but we're desperate to get through.'
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