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'Everton are the mystery of the season': Gary Neville remains bemused over the Toffees' season after tipping them to be his overachievers at the start of the campaign and gives blunt assessment of Rafa Benitez's sacking

Daily Mail | May 26, 2022

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Gary Neville has suggested it remains an 'absolute mystery' how Everton's season under Rafa Benitez went so awry.

The Toffees won four of their opening six games under the Spaniard before he was sacked in January following a run that included only one win since September.

Neville, who was speaking the Overlap, had tipped Everton to be 2021/22's overachievers before they spectacularly crashed and burned only to survive relegation by the skin of their teeth.

Rafa Benitez's tenure did not end well - with the fans pretty much in revolt against him
His appointment was a controversial one, but Gary Neville expected it to work - initially

The former Manchester United fullback said: 'I had them down as my overachievers.

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