Rafael Bentez appeals to unity after putting Everton’s anger at the heart of Everton’s work

Bentez is the most controversial leader in Evertons history and only the second man to lead both Everton and Liverpool after Willian Edward Barclay in the 19th century. He received personal exploitation and threats before signing the contract Merseyside police are investigating the flag it warned We know where you live, but we left the wrong house outside near the home of a Spanish family in Wirral. However, Bentez has urged fans to invest in personal hostility to help the team.

I know what that means for the people of Everton, he said. I know what it means to the people of the city and their passion. I think it’s crucial that the fans are behind us. This year with the pandemic has been very difficult, and football without fans is completely different. I followed the shape of Everton [last season] and apparently away from home they have been great but not so good at home. Why? Because they didn’t have fans in the back. That is crucial.

I’m waiting for the fans and I know all the things people are talking about, but I expect the fans, when the year hasn’t gone to the stadium, to go and stay behind the team. We need the fans behind the team and I think they are.

Many Evertonians have not forgiven Bentez for the small club comment he made after an unpainted Merseyside Derby in 2007. On Wednesday, he described Everton as a large and historic club and insists that digging the infamous was typical of the determination he brings to Goodison.

Bentez explained: I have been to Madrid, Naples, Valencia, Tenerife, Extremadura and Liverpool. Every club I was in fought for them. If you analyze things in this context, then what you expect from your supervisor is to fight for your club, and I will do it.

I’m here, I fight for my club, I try to win every game, and it doesn’t matter who your opponents or competitors are. You have to do something, it’s your nature that you have to try to do your best. And why many fans in many of these cities love me is because I gave everything for them. If you analyze this in this context, it is very clear that I will do the same for Everton.

Duncan Ferguson, among those considered to replace Ancelotti after the Italian surprise return to Real Madrid, stays in the backroom of Benitezs with goalkeeper Alan Kelly. More appointments, including Pacent de Miguel, Bentezs ’longtime fitness instructor, are expected in the coming days. Evertons ’first team is scheduled to return to practice on Monday.

Evertons football manager Marcel Brands is understood to have opposed Bentezs ’appointment, but insisted that the manager can trust me and hopefully we can create it [stability] longer. Bentez said: I have worked for years in Spain with a football manager. Marcel is a professional. I am a professional. We cooperate. Communication between us needs to be smooth and we talk to each other all the time. I have already been in contact with him. I have a plan [for Evertons summer transfer targets] and I already checked the players this early in the morning.