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Former Liverpool manager Benitez emerges as front-runner for Everton job

Goal can confirm that the Spaniard has held positive talks with the Toffees board, after the they cooled their interest in former Wolves boss Nuno

Rafa Benitez has emerged as the surprise front-runner for the vacant manager’s job at Everton.

Goal can confirm that the Spaniard has held positive talks with the Toffees board, after the they cooled their interest in former Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo.

Sources say a deal could even be finalised this week, with the 61-year-old becoming the first man to have managed both Liverpool and Everton.

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