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Real Madrid lining up Ancelotti to replace Zidane

Is Carlo Ancelotti's flirtation with Everton and the joys of Formby beach already over?

Updated Multiple reports in both Spain and England are reporting that Real Madrid are in talks with Carlo Ancelotti about returning the club that sacked him six years ago, with Everton already looking at potential replacements.

What started as a couple of the Sunday tabloids suggesting in mid-May that Ancelotti could be targeted by Real to replace Zinedine Zidane should he leave the Spanish giants this summer escalated last night with the first murmurs from Spain that there might be something concrete to the talk now that the Frenchman has announced his departure from the Bernabeu.

Reports in Spain were claiming last night that Real have opened talks with Ancelotti about returning to the club, among them El Chiringuito, the online TV show that Florentino Perez first used as his platform to justify the failed Super League. Throughout the morning, mainstream UK media outlets have become convinced Ancelotti is on his way out of Everton.

According to the El Larguero Twitter account affiliated with La SER, contact between Ancelotti's representatives was made four days ago and that there is optimism that an agreement can be reached.

The quote included in a tweet yesterday evening said: "Ancelotti's party believes that it is an option that it cannot refuse."

It also suggests that Everton are already drawing up a shortlist of candidates to replace the Italian should he decide to leave the Blues less than 2 years into his 4½-year deal. The names floated include include Eddie Howe and David Moyes, although there are also suggestions the Blues are after a "big" name successor.

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