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the alacrity with which he turned his back on Everton for Real Madrid, I think we can safely forget the idea that Carlo Ancelotti represents one of the last bastions of honour in football. Then again, when you’ve been sacked by Chelsea in a corridor at Goodison Park the year after you led the club to the Double, Ancelotti is entitled to believe that in football management, ruthlessness cuts both ways.