Revealed: How Ancelotti's daughter provided what could be Real Madrid's most important signing of the summer



Who's this then? Mino Fulco, boyfriend of Carlo Ancelotti's daughter Katia, is Real Madrid's nutritionist

Forget Gareth Bale, a family arrangement could have ended up yielding Real Madrid's signing of the summer.



And it's all thanks to Carlo Ancelotti's daughter.



Katia is responsible for the Spanish giants hiring Mino Fulco - a nutritionist.



Why? Because Fulco happens to be her boyfriend.



The move, shortly before the end of August - in the same week as Bale's world-record transfer from Tottenham Hotspur for £86m - wasn't a smooth one though.



Madrid remained insistent that they had enough bodies on the fitness side and blocked the switch.



But Ancelotti was equally obtuse and forced the club to allow Fulco to assume his new role.



The ex-Chelsea man's son, Davide, already works at the Santiago Bernabeu in a coaching capacity.



Ancelotti, 54, only joined Madrid in June but has stamped his authority on the club.



They are already five points adrift of Barcelona, who top La Liga alongside Atletico Madrid after eight games.



Living the high life: Katia now has boyfriend, father and brother working at Madrid

Keep it in the family! Ancelotti also has son Davide on the Madrid books

Upstaged! Madrid signed Gareth Bale for £86m in the same week as Fulco's move



