I don't think there is anything to say anyone else being considered is obviously a better choice. What bothers me is this says the owner is most interested in taking advice from an advisor who knows absolutely nothing about the sport and more than likely is not actually acting in the interests of Everton.
I agree that’s the biggest concern. I also agree that some of the other names mentioned aren’t obviously better managers as such, but pretty much all of them are less risky.
‘Knowing the league’ or having managed a club in a similar situation before etc aren’t the best reasons to hire a manager, but they are at least a bit of a safety net. We can’t even afford to have one game for him to suss out the league or work out what the fans expect etc,the Leeds game is massive and he has to hit the ground running.
His CV for the last 7 or 8 years is not one that should even get you interviewed for this job. He went to a club in the relegation zone in the German second tier, and would have gone to reading. There is absolutely nothing that should make him appealing to us, it’s just a massive, massive, gamble.