Thread by @GuillemBalague

Some think that Rafa Benitez belongs to another time. Really? Let’s see the evidence. A biased but researched thread:

At Chelsea, he left them third and Europa League winners (one of the 13 titles won in his career!!!)

At Napoli he won 2 titles to a Juve that used to win everything. Plus a semis of the Europa League. He signed Albiol, Reina, Koulibaly, Jorginho, Higuaín, Callejón... last season the club called him four time to take over the side again

At Real Madrid, he left the team top of the Champions League and clearly with options in the league. Six months is no time to evaluate anything like others would tell you (Lopetegui, for instance)

At Newcastle, not only Rafa took the team up as Champions, he kept them up and made them solid while making £30m to the club (that is, with a squad which quality was being reduced, something no other manager had had to deal with at that extend in the last decade at the club)

In China (Dalian Professional) he changed the first team mentality and imposed modern methodology throughout the club. They wanted him to stay two more seasons, €12m net. He needed to go back to family in the middle of a pandemic. Money is not his motivation, a top project is

Not to mention he carries the incalculable value of experience in the Premier League and the knowledge of how the city of Liverpool works and thinks. 

Right now, and fans do not see this, the club clearly needs a shake up indoors. That is the conclusion of the owners

It’s a turning point for Everton and for owners Moshiri but mostly Usmanov

Two forces are at play and fans should consider that -those that want nothing to change and in fear of it, and those -the ambitious Usmanov included- that feel club needs an impulse from top to bottom

That is why they keep chatting to Benitez, who will not be scared to push the club towards a modern methodology to match more successful sides. That is the real choice -for the club and for the fans. Which side are you in?