Your morning Everton headlines for Monday, January 9
Eerily similar to a year ago as Everton face the most-important week of their season
It’s the most-important week of Everton’s season…again. Almost a year to the day that they played another bottom of the table side, Norwich City, the Blues will face another side propping up the Premier League when Southampton come to Goodison Park next Saturday.
Some 12 months ago, the Canaries were on a wretched run having lost their previous six Premier League games and having not scored a goal in the competition since November. Against Everton though, they netted twice in less than two minutes and although substitute Richarlison reduced arrears at Carrow Road on the hour-mark, the Blues were beaten 2-1.
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The following day, Rafael Benitez was sacked having won just one of his last 13 Premier League matches in charge, a run that included nine defeats and would later be described by chairman Bill Kenwright as “unacceptably disappointing.” The Spaniard, who of course had been in charge of local rivals Liverpool for six years between 2004-10, had arguably been the most-controversial appointment in the history of the most-passionate city in English football but ultimately it was results, not his previous employment across Stanley Park that cost him his job.
By the same token, Frank Lampard’s fate is controlled by those same parameters that shape every football manager’s destiny. The current Blues boss has won just one of his last 12 games, a run that has now seen his side knocked out of both domestic cup competitions as well as drop into the Premier League’s bottom three.
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Michael Beale addresses Tom Davies transfer rumours as Everton midfielder linked with Rangers move
Rangers manager Michael Beale has refused to rule out a move for Tom Davies amid rumours he is hoping to take the Everton man up to Glasgow.
Beale confirmed on Friday that he and the Scottish club had held positive talks with unnamed targets, sharing his excitement at potentially bolstering his squad in the coming days ahead of a busy second-half of the season.
One of several players linked with a move to Ibrox has been Davies, with the 24-year-old not first-choice under Frank Lampard. The midfielder has only started five games all season, the last two coming in arguably Everton's worst two performances of the season - 4-1 defeats against both Bournemouth and Brighton.
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