Caro Ancelotti says Everton will head into the summer with a “clear idea” of the players they want to sign to improve the squad. The Blues missed out on qualifying for Europe after a 5-0 thumping at champions Manchester City today. Results elsewhere meant Everton finished the season in 10th position. Ancelotti insists he is “quite happy” with how the season went, citing the team’s 10 point improvement on last season and impressive victories over Liverpool and other sides who finished above them. But the Italian once again referenced the Blues’ wretched home form and says the summer recruitment will be based around correcting the team’s results at Goodison.
Carlo Ancelotti said: “Quite happy because we improved compared to last season. We have 10 more points on the table, we had some fantastic results – we won the derby, we won against some top teams but we were not good at home and this is where we have to improve and work in the summer to find the right players to improve the squad.We have an idea, a clear plan on how we can improve the squad. In the summer we will follow this plan. We have to put, in general, more quality in the squad to try to play more attractive football, to have more quality from the back. This is where we are working.”
Everton were 2-0 down after 14 minutes but wasted a chance to get back into the game with Man City when Gylfi Sigurdsson saw a penalty saved.
Carlo Ancelotti said: “We needed to play a good game but we were sloppy at the beginning. We were 2-0 down and tried to come back in to the game and had an opportunity with the penalty. It was a difficult game, a difficult match and we played against the best team in the Premier League. We tried to keep in the defensive block higher than normal to give problems.”
