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“Marco’s main qualities are the way he understands a player and the way he motivates, as a leader. He knows everything about the experiences of a player, he knows every process a player passes along his career and he has the capacity to motivate all the players for one purpose."

Explains a lot about why talented but young and impressionable players like Richarlison, Mina and Kean are suddenly so eager to come to Everton.

Players who have worked with him have a lot of respect for him and seem to thrive under his coaching with good results in Portugal and Greece.

He hasn’t had much time with his three clubs in England, Hull, Watford and Everton ( up to now ) to gauge how good he is as a manager, I still am not convinced he has what it’s got to take Everton into the club that will soon be challenging for the top level, but I’m prepared to give a lot more time to prove his ability, especially with Marcus Brands working along side him, hopefully the three will grow and prosper together, Everton Brands and Silva.

Maybe the players need less of the affectionate Marco and more of the fist-slamming Marco.