Rafa Benitez will forever remain a great manager. That will not change. But taking the Everton job was always a tough ask, even for a man of his standing. As soon as they started losing games it was going to be an immediate uphill battle and one he has sadly lost.
Let’s be honest here, if his name was anything other than Rafa Benitez, there would not be as much of the understandable anger among the fans. I’m not sure we would be talking about his sacking either, because he was only six months in. But Liverpool was the obvious problem.