Everton set to nominate ex-Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez as new head coach

Everton is predicted to unveil former Liverpool supervisor Rafa Benitez as its new boss with the Spaniard having agreed a three-year deal, British media reported on Tuesday.
Everton has been on the lookout for its fifth supervisor in as a few years after Carlo Ancelotti, who led it to a Tenth-place end within the Premier League final season, determined to return to Real Madrid on June 1 for a second spell.
Everton’s talks with 61-year-old Benitez have sparked a blended response from the supporters, after the Spaniard precipitated controversy by calling Liverpool’s Merseyside rival a “small club” after a goalless derby draw at Anfield in February 2007.
Merseyside Police has been investigating a threatening banner studying “We know where you live, don’t sign,” hung close to Benitez’s household dwelling on the Wirral. They have lived within the space since he took cost of Liverpool in 2004.
William Edward Barclay, who was in command of the unique basis of Everton within the Nineties and later the breakaway Liverpool membership, is the one individual to have managed each Merseyside groups.
Benitez was in cost at Liverpool for six years till 2010, main it to Champions League glory in 2005 and the FA Cup the next season. He additionally steered Chelsea to the Europa League title in 2013 as its interim supervisor.
After two seasons with Napoli and a short stint at Real Madrid, the place he was sacked halfway via the season, Benitez returned to England and took cost of Newcastle United which was gazing relegation from the highest flight in March 2016.
Although the north-east membership was finally relegated to the Championship, fan favorite Benitez introduced it again up the following season when it received the second-tier title.
But friction between him and membership proprietor Mike Ashley led to the Spaniard’s departure in 2019. Benitez moved to the Chinese Super League the place he managed Dalian Professional, however left in January citing difficulties as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.