(Reuters) -Everton sacked manager Rafa Benitez on Sunday following their 2-1 defeat at Norwich City which left the Merseyside membership six factors above the Premier League relegation zone in fifteenth place.
“Benitez, who joined Everton in June 2021, has left the Club with rapid impact,” Everton stated in an announcement https://www.evertonfc.com/information/2451049. “An replace on a everlasting alternative will probably be made in the end.”
Appointed six months in the past, the previous Liverpool manager was a controversial selection for Everton supporters and after a promising begin to the season his aspect has slumped down the league.
Everton have received simply as soon as within the Premier League since September and travelling supporters at Carrow Road turned their anger on the Spaniard and the membership’s board on the finish of their newest defeat.
Benitez is the most recent manager to have didn’t stay as much as expecations at Goodison Park and the membership at the moment are searching for their seventh manager in six years.
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris and Ed Osmond)