Everton are to retain the vacant position of director of football to work alongside new manager Frank Lampard.
Following criticism of Everton’s recruitment process under their two directors of football to date, Steve Walsh (2016-18) and Marcel Brands (2018-21) with the latter’s three-and-a-half year tenure coming to an abrupt halt last December less than eight months after he’d penned a new contract at the club until 2024, there have been questions over whether the role will be kept on.
Brands’ last public act at the club was to become embroiled in a verbal exchange with an angry fan after the 4-1 defeat to Liverpool at Goodison Park when he was asked if he’d brought in those on the pitch and issued the cryptic response: “Is it only the players?”
