Everton issued a brief statement announcing their parting ways with Benitez.
The Premier League club wrote in a statement: Everton Football Club confirmed Rafael Benitez from the first team manager position. Benitez joined Everton in June 2021 and immediately left the club at this point. The club will update the information on permanent replacement in due course.
Everton's statement, brief but not friendly, could be seen as Benitez's appointment at Goodison Park, which was unpopular.
In June last year, Benitez succeeded Carlo Ancelotti as toffee coach. However, due to Benitez's association with Liverpool, Everton fans did not like the appointment.
This season, Everton got off to a good start. In his first seven Premier League games, Benitez led the team to 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
But things took a sharp turn for the worse, with Everton losing nine of their remaining 12 league games.
In the 22nd round of the Premier League, Everton's 1-2 away defeat to promoted and relegation team Norwich was the last straw that crushed Benitez.
Before the win over Everton, Norwich were the bottom of the Premier League. After a valuable victory, Norwich jumped to third from the bottom of the Premier League.
Despite benitez's poor performance with the team, Benitez's dismissal is still a bit unexpected.
Because until Benitez's dismissal, Everton's top position was considered pro-Benitez.
Marcel Brands, the former Everton sporting director who left not long ago, and full-back Lucas Dine, who moved to Aston Villa three or four days ago, are considered at odds with Benitez.
Everton player Lucas Digne issued a farewell letter after the transfer, suggesting that it was an outsider who had caused him to leave Goodison Park.
After Benitez had just joined Everton, he was not at Real Madrid and James Rodriguez was also traded out.
Judging from the previous operations of the Everton executives, they have always supported Benitez.
The sudden shift in the toffee's top brass caught people a bit off guard.
Despite Everton's announcement of firing Benitez, Toffee fans remain unsatisfied.
Because if everton executives had made the decision to sack Benitez earlier, one of the team's best players, Lucas Digne, could have stayed at the club.
After firing Benitez, Everton are only 16th in the Premier League, just six points away from relegation.
Who will be Everton's next head coach remains to be seen.