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Everton manager Rafa Benitez close to losing job after dismal run of form

By David Ornstein and Greg O'Keeffe

January 16, 2022Updated 2:50 AM GMT+8

There is growing uncertainty over the future of Rafa Benitez as Everton manager following Saturday’s defeat at Norwich, The Athletic understands.

Sources close to the club suggest there is no way back from this and a good chance he will be sacked before the visit of Aston Villa next weekend.

Everton's ownership is assessing the manager's future.

Benitez’s Everton have won just one of their last 11 matches and suffered a 2-1 defeat to then-bottom of the table Norwich City on Saturday, increasing the pressure on the former Liverpool and Newcastle United manager.

Multiple banners calling for Benitez to lose his job were seen in the away end at Carrow Road.

The 61-year-old signed a three-year contract when he took over from Carlo Ancelotti in the summer, an unpopular appointment with many Everton fans due to his past links to their Merseyside rivals.

Their poor form after a bright start to the season has seen them slip to 15th in the Premier League table, six points above the relegation zone.

Speaking after the Norwich defeat, Benitez said: “We conceded two goals through our own mistakes and that makes it a mountain to climb for us. We have to stay professional, concentrate on the next training session and match.

“I am a professional. I have enough experience and I came here to fix issues that, maybe, are coming from five years ago.

“I have to make sure I analyse these kinds of mistakes we are making and avoid that for the future. Other things are not in my hands. I have to do my job.”

https://theathletic.com/news/everton-manager-rafa-benitez-close-to-losing-job-after-dismal-run-of-form/MDdgPHaMTQJ7/

  

Everton Football Club can confirm the appointment of Frank Lampard as the Club’s new manager.

The former England midfielder has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract - until June 2024 - and will take charge of the First Team for the FA Cup fourth-round tie against Brentford at Goodison Park on Saturday 5 February.

The appointment of Lampard comes after a robust recruitment process with several candidates being interviewed by the Club’s majority shareholder and Board of Directors.

Official, confirmed. Frank Lampard has signed his contract as new Everton manager until June 2024, club statement announces. 🔵📑 #EFC

Frank’s back as expected and he will have van de Beek in the team soon.

Frank Lampard has signed a two-and-half year deal at Everton. Donny van de Beek on loan from Manchester United set to be his first signing.

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Frank Lampard will sign his contract as new Everton manager today, after verbal agreement in place since Friday. 🔵🤝 #EFC

He’s already working for new signigns - trying to win the race over Crystal Palace for Donny van de Beek on loan from Manchester United.

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Frank Lampard will sign as new Everton manager in the coming hours, confirmed. Decision has been communicated also to Vitor Pereira and Duncan Ferguson tonight. 🔵 #EFC

Everton are preparing contracts and final clauses to complete the appointment. Frankie's back.

Frank Lampard, frontrunner to get Everton job. He’s still waiting for final communication to arrive later tonight. Matter of minutes, hours. ⤵️⏳ #EFC

…Frank Lampard wants the job and he’s just waiting for Everton final communication.

Exclusive: Frank Lampard offered Everton job - poised to bring end to manager search

Frank Lampard, Vítor Pereira and Duncan Ferguson will have their chance to land the Everton manager’s job on Friday when the club conduct a final round of interviews with the candidates to succeed Rafael Benítez.

Farhad Moshiri, Everton’s majority shareholder, is expected to travel from his home in Monaco to hold the interviews in London alongside members of the board. The intention is to arrive quickly at a decision, albeit 12 days after Benítez was sacked, in order to strengthen the new manager’s squad before Monday’s transfer deadline.

Lampard and Pereira have been interviewed several times by the Everton hierarchy since Benítez’s departure and have impressed. Ferguson, in his second spell as caretaker-manager, will also be interviewed for the permanent role. Despite Wayne Rooney having his admirers at Goodison Park the Derby manager will not be interviewed.

Lampard, out of work since being sacked by Chelsea 12 months ago, appeared to have the edge over Pereira after a hostile reaction from fans to the Portuguese coach emerging as Moshiri’s preferred choice on Tuesday.

The former Porto and Fenerbahce manager took the unusual step of pitching for the job and defending his record in a live television interview on Wednesday, but he remains in the running and no final decision will be made until after Friday’s interviews.

Everton’s plan to finalise an appointment and move in the transfer market rests on the erratic Moshiri, however. The billionaire has had a late change of heart over several managerial appointments in the past, including David Moyes and Nuno Espírito Santo, but there is a pressing need for Everton to act swiftly with the club at risk of relegation.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/27/premier-league-everton-manager-frank-lampard-vitor-pereira-duncan-ferguson

Portuguese manager Vitor Pereira to @SkySportsNews: “Everton have other candidates and this is the time for decisions. I understand this is the time for decisions. They have told me to wait for the decision and be calm. They are grateful for interviews and that was all”. 🔵 #EFC