Also something we never really thought about with Koeman mate, we thought cos he was a big name in the game, he'd by that - be able to help attract maybe a higher quality of player, when in reality - maybe it was more his reputation in player circles from ones who've worked with him that would have been more the factor than his name, lot of players in his career have seemed to not particularly enjoyed working with him, at Valencia, Saints, and dare i say here too.
Silva seems on the surface to be the type of manager players want to play for, makes a huge difference ultimately
Silva wants to get to the top too. I know Koeman does but their background are opposites. At age 40 Silva has every chance to be at a top club before he's 50 if he continues along his journey. He will be very incentivised to come here for 12-18 months and probably crack the top 4 before looking to move to an Arsenal/Athletico/Benfica/Porto sort of club.
It's not ideal for Everton, who obviously want a more long term fix. I suspect we will have to go through a couple of managers before we get that though. To some extent this was Koeman too. He left us in a state, but we have attracted a higher quality of player, it just became clear they were going backwards with him. They are not bad players though. Lets put it this way, could you see Silva getting a tune out of Sandro?
I can't see this happening in the summer. I suspect both parties will be moving outside of the others orbit at that point. There will be lots more managers available then. Potentially Tuchel, Ancelotti will be looking to make decisions on a club and if they don't get the moves they are after will probably be open to the club (especially if there is even higher levels of funding available). You are also going to have a guy like Simeone, who may revisit his options and I think leave Athletico (albeit he will get a better job). But guys like Conte and and possibly Emery are going to be bouncing around without a job if Simeone moves on. Again it's not an obvious sell but if we have money to spend I sense we'll be in the picture. A lot will depend on their other options of course.
Likewise, if Silva gets Watford into the top 8 he puts himself in the window for a variety of clubs, particularly Athletico Madrid.
The deal makes sense now. The two parties seem right for each other. Both are very ambitious and can probably see the benefit of working together for around 18 months. It sounds strange, but if we get it off the record we could get say a Tuchel, and if Silva gets a heads up from Athletico, I could even see him getting us back into the top half and moving on in the summer. I'm not sure it makes much anything like as much sense in the summer, and I can't imagine him coming then. A lot of circumstances would have to fit together again. Because of that I think it has a decent chance of happening.
