Ancelotti, left, and director of football Brands who spoke to angry fans at Finch Farm Anthony Devlin/PAMarcel Brands, Everton’s director of football, held face-to-face talks with a group of angry supporters who descended on the club’s training ground looking to confront players in the aftermath of the FA Cup defeat by Liverpool. Seven fans turned up at Finch Farm on Tuesday morning as they sought to make their displeasure clear to Carlo Ancelotti’s squad following Sunday’s abject 1-0 reverse to a weakened Liverpool team. They asked security to bring the players out and, when that request was refused, it was suggested that more fans could be mobilised to turn up at the training complex and stage a blockade, highlighting the toxic nature of the fallout from the humiliating loss. It was then that Brands, who was appointed director of football in…

Source: The Times January 08, 2020 12:00 UTC