Ray Purchase
Player Valuation: £6m
True that I'm lacking in the local perspective. May I ask a loaded question? How do Ev fans reconcile Rafael as a Lfc manager with his work towards the JFT97 and representing the city? Is there respect for him as an individual that loves where he lives? Anything you're willing to share would be appreciated.
Not trying to put him on a pedestal. He's cold as ice on the exterior, but I think that gets in the way of how he's seen by both sides of town.
Benitez lives 10 minutes away from me, in a massive 20 million pound mansion in Caldy. (Wirral)
LFC fans try to peddle the myth that 'he loves the city, because he and his family live here'
You seem to have fallen for this one as well.
Not true, but another example of how your club loves to disseminate a false and romanticised worldview.
I would say 80% of Evertonian's did not want him, but who else would come here?
Here's a pic of Rafael's council house on Breck Road.