Supporters of Everton were left gutted following the news that Mauricio Pochettino had ‘rejected an approach’ from the Toffees to replace Marco Silva.
It was reported on Friday morning that the Merseyside club had made an approach to appoint the Argentine as their new boss (per The Times), however, by the afternoon news had broke that he was not interested (via The Athletic).
With supporters refusing to get their hopes up initially, they were still gutted to hear that the former Spurs gaffer had so swiftly knocked the North West club back.
? Mauricio Pochetinno has rejected an approach from Everton. (Source – @TheAthleticUK) pic.twitter.com/y84qoqFaxI
— The Toffee Blues (@EvertonNewsFeed) December 6, 2019
Didn’t want a champions league final bottler anyway pic.twitter.com/xZtBxbwyGi
— Big Fella Yerry (@MainManMina) December 6, 2019
Didn’t want him anyway!!! pic.twitter.com/AjxJo1sCrM
— Thomas Gavin (@talltom87) December 6, 2019
He’s overrated get me Pulis Pardew or Hughes
— EdEFC74 (@EdEFC74) December 6, 2019
Never wanted him anyway… pic.twitter.com/bpLtVve9ea
— Kieran D. (@KieranDams1878) December 6, 2019
Would Mauricio Pochettino have done a good job if appointed by Everton?No, he's not suited to us
Yes, he's a fantastic manager
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The Toffees currently look to be in a perilous position, with the club staring down the barrel of an incredibly tough run of fixtures and sitting in the drop zone of the Premier League (via BBC).
Whoever will be brought in looks to have an incredibly tough job on their hands, however, fans from the blue half of Merseyside were still gutted to hear that the Argentine would not be the person taking the reigns.
— Jim Cannon (@EvilMonkey1701) December 6, 2019
Well that was fast. Who’s next? Did we call Pep yet?
— YankeeBlue214 (@NotOneStraw) December 6, 2019
Well we tried….
— Aide Dews (@AidyDews) December 6, 2019
What do we think?
It is certainly unfortunate that the Toffees were knocked back in their quest for the Argentine, however, it would never have realistically been on the cards.
There should be a good swirl of suggested potential managers before anything will be set in concrete – one would think.