Premier League title-winning managers Ancelotti and Mancini spotted at Tottenham vs Newcastle… but one wasted journey

PREMIER LEAGUE winners Carlo Ancelotti and Roberto Mancini returned to England to watch Tottenham vs Newscastle. But for one of them, it was a wasted journey. Carlo Ancelotti and Roberto Mancini went to Tottenham vs Newcastle together Credit: Shutterstock Editorial Their fellow Italian Sandro Tonali was on show – playing under compatriot Roberto De Zerbi Credit: Reuters The Italian duo enjoyed success with Chelsea and Manchester City, collecting a Prem title apiece. Now Mancini is in charge of their national team while Ancelotti is Brazil boss. Sign up for the Football newsletter Thank you! And ahead of the upcoming international break, they both headed to North London to catch Saturday night’s Premier League clash. Spurs are, of course, now managed by their compatriot Roberto De Zerbi. But they were no doubt there to watch some of their international stars on display. Tottenham’s squad has three Brazilians – Richarlison, Souza and new man Savio – plus Sandro Tonali and Destiny Udogie of Italy. As for Newcastle, following Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes’ exits, the only player of interest was Joelinton. Mancini could keep a close eye on Tonali who started while Udogie came on for left-back Andy Robertson. Most read in Football BEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UK But incredibly, NONE of the four Brazilians even made either matchday squad. Souza is behind Robertson and Udogie in the pecking order. Joelinton missed the game through injury – as did Savio, despite scoring on his Tottenham debut against Charlton on Wednesday following his £85million transfer from Manchester City. And Richarlison was also not involved amid transfer speculation linking him with a move away from North London. Savio made his debut on Wednesday but missed the Newcastle game alongside Richarlison Credit: PA Ancelotti was at Lille vs PSG on Friday night Credit: Getty Not only did none of his Brazil players feature, but Ancelotti had hot-footed it from Lille to be there. He spent Friday night in France watching his son Davide manage Lille against PSG. But despite leading 2-0 going into injury time, Lille threw it away as Vitinha pulled one back in the 91st minute and Marquinhos equalised in the 95th, compouding a miserable 24 hours for Ancelotti Sr. Instead, it would have been Graham Potter smiling from afar as Sweden international Anthony Elango broke the deadlock on the hour mark. Yoane Wissa’s instinctive ‘overhead flick’ from close range made it 2-0 ten minutes later – as Tottenham’s horror losing start continued. Comment now