Everton manager Marco Silva is set to make an exciting addition to his backroom staff this summer with the arrival of former Benfica man Bruno Mendes, according to Record.
The Portuguese publication, as translated by reliable news source Sport Witness, claim in their print edition that the Toffees are bringing in the performance analyst after a couple of weeks out of work from his former side.
His appointment is said to be an exciting one after his work in Portugal, where he created the ‘Benfica Lab‘, a project which aimed to “Develop and optimize the development of the Athlete and Teams, promoting the overcoming towards Excellence,” as stated on the club’s official website.
It is stated that Mendes will work on helping to bolster the backroom staff in Everton’s “high performance department”, which will involve working with the first team in analysing their individual and group performances.
Opinion
Marco Silva was brought in to Everton as a progressive, forward thinking coach and the decision to bring in a new analyst, who has been at the forefront of his field over in Portugal, demonstrates just that. Football is much more than the 90 minutes that takes place on a Saturday, and there are now huge teams working behind the scenes to monitor and analyse minute details both on and off the pitch in order to pick up some sort of advantage over their opponents. Silva has brought in an exciting addition to his team, and he will be hoping that Mendes can take the work he has been doing with Benfica and use it to boost Everton’s performances. The new arrival’s impact will likely go unnoticed by fans, but if the Toffees taste some success over the next couple of seasons, then some credit must fall at his door.