Liverpool Echo
Former Everton striker Victor Anichebe believes Blues fans won’t take to under-fire manager Rafa Benitez even if he turns around the club’s flagging fortunes.
The 61-year-old is without a victory in his last eight matches – Everton’s longest winless run in the Premier League since 1999 – and suffered the humiliation of having his name chanted by fans of his old club Liverpool during a 4-1 Merseyside Derby drubbing at Goodison Park which left his side 14 th in the table.
In contrast, Evertonians are yet to sing about Benitez at a game and home-grown hero Anichebe who made 168 appearances for the club between 2006-13, doesn’t seem them ever warming to the ex-Reds boss.
He told Sky Sports : “There’s no doubt that Benitez is a good manager. He’s a really, really top manager.
“But he’s not the right appointment for Everton. It’s just as simple as that.
“The fans will never take to him, they’ll never ever take to him.
“I don’t really know where they’re going to go from here…
