Everton granted planning permission for new 52,888-capacity stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock this week; Toffees scheduled to move to new ground for 2024-25 season; Carlo Ancelotti hoping to stay at club beyond current contract, which runs until June 2024
Friday 26 February 2021 07:55, UK
Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti wants to still be in charge at the club when they move to their new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.
Planning permission was granted this week for the 52,888-capacity ground by the side of the River Mersey, which is scheduled to open in time for the 2024-25 season.
Ancelotti's contract expires in June 2024 but he hopes he will have done a good enough job to have extended his stay beyond that.
"I would like to be there when the new stadium will be opened," said the Italian.
"It will be a good achievement for me, of course. I think to finish the contract in 2024 you did a good job and when you did a good job the contract will not be stopped in 2024, it will continue.
"So for sure, for the time I spend here I feel good, so I would like to stay as long as possible."
It has been a good week for the club as news of the stadium came sandwiched between Everton's first win at Anfield since 1999 and a new contract until 2025 for left-back Lucas Digne.
"In the last few days, [there has been] a lot of good news and we are working to keep the good news every day," added Ancelotti.
"It was a good result, a step forward for the new stadium and Digne signed a new contract."
Fans are still riding high off the back of Saturday's long-awaited away win in the Merseyside derby and the Toffees boss said the only disappointment was he could not enjoy more interaction with the supporters about the result.
"They don't talk to me, they've done this (signalling a thumbs up)," he said.
"Unfortunately we don't have chance to talk to the people. I went outside only once biking but I bike really fast so it is difficult for them to catch me!"
Everton vs Southampton is live on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event from 7pm on Monday; kick-off 8pm. Sky Sports customers can watch in-game clips in the live match blog on the Sky Sports website and app.
Highlights will also be published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel shortly after the final whistle.
