Everton: 'Rafael Benitez appointment is Farhad Moshiri's most risk-loaded move yet' By Phil McNultyChief football writer Last updated on 30 June 202130 June 2021.From the section Everton Rafael Benitez last worked in the Premier League as Newcastle United boss and left Chinese club Dalian Professional in January Everton's decision to recruit Rafael Benitez is the most contentious and controversial managerial appointment in the club's 143-year history. William Edward Barclay, who was involved in the original foundation of Everton and was then part of the breakaway Liverpool Football Club, is the only man to cross Merseyside's managerial divide and this was in the 1890s.