Carlo Ancelotti moving to Real Madrid means two things regarding transfer rumours.
Firstly, the Naples media will move from linking the Toffees with any possible target at the Serie A club to linking Los Blancos as well, or instead of.
Then there’s the inevitably that Madrid will be reported as interested in Everton’s best players, as well as targets which had already been lined up for the Toffees.
This is what Corriere dello Sport do on Wednesday, and they use Kalidou Koulibaly as an example. The Italian newspaper explain the defender had been a target, albeit an ambitious one, for Everton.
Now that Ancelotti has left Goodison Park, there’s an insistence he’s carried Koulibaly interest with him. Real Madrid had already been linked with the Napoli player, so the rumour has all the encouragement it needs.
A lot will depend on what the Spanish club do with Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane, with the former being out of contract soon and the latter linked repeatedly with an exit this summer.
