{"id":6404,"date":"2022-01-18T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T20:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/18\/everton-provide-managerial-update-ahead-of-aston-villa-game\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T15:00:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T20:00:50","slug":"everton-provide-managerial-update-ahead-of-aston-villa-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/18\/everton-provide-managerial-update-ahead-of-aston-villa-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton provide managerial update ahead of Aston Villa game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Everton have revealed who is set to be in charge of their upcoming meeting with Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<h2>Rafa Benitez sacked<\/h2>\n<p>The least surprising news of the season arrived on Sunday when Everton confirmed they had parted ways with Rafa Benitez.<\/p>\n<p>Benitez had a fairly decent start to life at Everton, but the Toffees\u2019 form fell off a cliff from October of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard was able to guide Everton to just one Premier League win in their last 13 attempts, with the final straw clearly Everton\u2019s shocking loss to a simply woeful Norwich side who were the lowest scorers and had the worst defence in the Premier League before facing Everton this past Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Everton Football Club can confirm the departure of Rafael Benitez as first team manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Everton (@Everton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Everton\/status\/1482727892673044484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nEverton make managerial decision ahead of Aston Villa<\/h2>\n<p>A number of names have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/pair-of-england-legends-set-to-be-interviewed-for-vacant-everton-role\/\">linked<\/a> with the role so far, including Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard.<\/p>\n<p>However, it appears as though no permanent appointment is close, with Everton confirming on Tuesday evening that Duncan Ferguson will be their caretaker manager for their upcoming games, the next of which is against Aston Villa on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><em>Duncan Ferguson has been appointed as caretaker manager for our upcoming games. He will be supported by John Ebbrell and Leighton Baines, along with Goalkeeping Coach Alan Kelly.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? | Duncan Ferguson has been appointed as caretaker manager for our upcoming games.<\/p>\n<p>He will be supported by John Ebbrell and Leighton Baines, along with Goalkeeping Coach Alan Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Everton (@Everton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Everton\/status\/1483489459891023872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nNext Everton manager odds:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong>Roberto Martinez \u2013 4\/6<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Duncan Ferguson \u2013 7\/2<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wayne Rooney \u2013 9\/2<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nuno Espirito Santo \u2013 12\/1<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the football odds market at Bet365\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/#\/AS\/B1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"content_clickout\" data-segment='{\"brand_id\":765961,\"brand_title\":\"Bet365Betting\"}'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/arsenal-vs-liverpool-betting-tips-carabao-cup-semi-final-preview\/\">Arsenal vs Liverpool betting tips: Carabao Cup Semi-final Second Leg preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/leicester-city-vs-tottenham-hotspur-betting-tips-preview-predictions-odds-2\/\">Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur betting tips: Preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everton have revealed who is set to be in charge of their upcoming meeting with Aston Villa. Rafa Benitez sacked The least surprising news of the season arrived on Sunday when Everton confirmed they had parted ways with Rafa Benitez. Benitez had a fairly decent start to life at Everton, but the Toffees\u2019 form fell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-6404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}