Report: 59-year-old former Watford boss wanted Everton job before Benitez
(REUTERS)
Former Watford manager Walter Mazzarri expressed an interest in replacing Carlo Ancelotti at Everton before the Premier League outfit turned their attention to Rafa Benitez, as reported by The Athletic.
It will take an Evertonion equivalent of the ‘Miracle of Istanbul’ before some at Goodison Park are willing to accept the new Blues boss as one of their own.
To say Benitez is not a universally popular appointment would be the understatement of the century, the Spaniard’s Anfield past and those ill-advised ‘small club’ claims coming back to haunt him as he prepares to get his feet under the table on the other half of Merseyside.