SAM: SURVIVAL EASY AS 1-2-3
SAM ALLARDYCE aims to tread on three of his former clubs as West Brom fight for survival.
Tonight’s visit of Everton is the start of Big Sam’s bid for a triple
West Brom tonight, could be in the top four.
But the Italian manager said that even if they do not make it, Richarlison will be staying next season. Ancelotti (below) said: “Richarlison will stay here as long as I stay, this is for sure because I like him as a player – and if he doesn’t like me as a manager, it doesn’t matter!”
As for the request to the striker to stay at Everton, he added: “I try to talk to him all the time, every day, but the communication I have to say is not so good.
“Maybe I told him these
they kinds of things, but I don’t know how long his contract is. I can say he will be here for as long as I stay, for sure.”
The Brazilian has threeand-a-half years left on his contract, so he is unlikley to be allowed to leave, despite interest from Manchester United.
He has been in fine form, scoring five goals in his
last
matches, and Ancelotti believes he has the talent to make it to the very shown signs of a revival in recent weeks, but things might have been different if Everton had not sacked him three years ago.
“We were struggling
five top. have always
The
not
two
seen eye to eye, with the Italian criticising Richarlison and demanding he “work harder and sacrifice more”. But the manager has been impressed by the response.
“He can be one of the top strikers in Europe because he has all this kind of quality,” said Ancelotti.
“Richarlison is a modern striker, the complete striker.”
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