Former Liverpool Manager Rafa Benitez Leads to Replace Carlo Ancelotti at Everton

DBasia.news – Rafa Benitez emerged as a surprise name and front to fill the vacant manager’s seat at Everton.

Goal can confirm that the Spaniard has held positive talks with the Toffees board after they backed off their interest in former Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo.

Our sources state that the agreement between Benitez and Everton could be finalized this week. Thus, the 61-year-old coach will be the first person to ever manage Liverpool and Everton.

Everton have been looking for a new manager since the resignation of Carlo Ancelotti earlier this month.

A number of candidates were considered by Farhad Moshiri, the club’s majority shareholder, and recently Nuno’s name was the strongest.

Brighton’s Graeme Potter was also discussed at board level, as were former managers Roberto Martinez and David Moyes, as well as former Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe.

But Benitez is believed to have admirers within the club despite his strong Liverpool connections. He coached the Reds between 2004 and 2010, winning the Champions League in 2005 and the FA Cup a year later. As for Wednesday (16/6) yesterday marked the 17th anniversary of his arrival at Anfield.

Benitez has been out of work since leaving Chinese Super League side Dalian Professional in January but wants to return to management. The fact that his family still lives near Liverpool, on the Wirral peninsula, makes the job of coaching Everton all the more interesting.

If Benitez is appointed, it will surely be the most controversial decision in Everton’s history.

Benitez will forever be linked with Liverpool in light of that famous night in Istanbul in 2005, and he has clashed frequently with Everton in the past, even referring to them as a “little club” after the Merseyside derby in 2007.

A number of supporters took to social media to express their concerns, although they still view him as a great coach.

Benitez has also won two LaLiga titles and a UEFA Cup with Valencia, and led Chelsea to the Europa League title in 2013. In Italy, he won the Italian Cup with Napoli.

His spells with Inter Milan in 2010 and Real Madrid in 2015/16 were less successful, although he won the Italian Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup at Inter – but Benitez is a respected figure at Newcastle United, whom he led to promotion to the League Championship in 2017. , before consolidating The Magpies as a Premier League club.