David Moyes’ effusive touchline greeting for Carlo Ancelotti – a fist bump and squeeze to the upper arm - obscured the fact that the Italian trampled on his hopes, precisely a year ago.
Moyes coveted a return to his old Everton job when Marco Silva was sacked. He was close to getting it. But then Italian’s availability became known and that particular ship sailed. That would have been some story.
The Everton flags flying from the lamp posts on the Walton Lane approach to Goodison Park still parade the identity as ‘the people’s club’ which Moyes gave them when using those words in his inaugural press conference at this place, 19 years ago.