Scousers won’t forgive him, that’s for sure. According to Daily Mail, Rafa Benitez is on the verge of a great return to the Premier League by signing a deal with Everton this weekend. This means the Spaniard will be the first man in modern history to manage at both Liverpool and Everton.The Toffee’s owner Farhad Moshiri believes that Benitez is capable of pushing Everton straight to the Champions League, the competition he concurred in a breathtaking final in 2005. But with their archrivals, Liverpool.Gerrard lifts the UCL trophy with Benitez in 2005 (©Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)Not since William Edward Barclay in the 1890s, who was part of the original foundation of Everton and then the later breakaway Liverpool club, has anyone crossed the city divide to manage both clubs.The appointment will mark a dramatic comeback for Benitez, who last managed in the Premier League with Newcastle in 2019. Good enough for Real and Barca, but not for Everton?!Having fallen out with owner Mike Ashley, he declined to renew his contract and instead became manager of Dalian in China from 2019 until early this year.Apart from winning the FA Cup and Champions League with Liverpool and La Liga twice and UEFA Cup with Valencia prior to that, he went on to win the World Club Cup with Internazionale, the Europa League with Chelsea, the Coppa Italia with Napoli and the Championship with Newcastle.
