Marcel Brands 'identified' for new role after Everton departure

Marcel Brands may be out of work at the moment, but a job that he looks cut out for is currently seeking a new candidate.

The 59-year-old Dutchman arrived at Goodison Park as Everton's new director of football in May 2018 but became a casualty of the doomed Rafa Benitez era, leaving the club in early December last year.

But following shamed Marc Overmars' decision to step down from his role as director of football at Ajax, after he sent a 'series of inappropriate messages to several female colleagues', the four-time European champions are now on the hunt for a replacement.

And Dutch media organisation NOS (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting or Dutch Broadcasting Foundation) have identified Brands as the best man for the job.

In article on their website, NOS described Brands as: "Perhaps the best candidate. As technical director, Brands has experience at home and abroad.

"Within the national borders he worked at RKC, AZ and PSV. And with success: he became national champion once with AZ and three times with PSV."

Undeterred by his departure from Goodison Park, despite signing a contract extension last April, NOS believe Brands' track record and instant availability mark him out as the best candidate for the job.

Ajax will be keen to appoint Overmars' successor quickly with the contract expiry issues of a number players in need of sorting out before the end of the season.

The Amsterdam club is currently top of the Eredivisie, four points clear of PSV Eindhoven.

Before arriving on Merseyside, Brands enjoyed eight years as director of football at PSV, during a time when the club won three Eredivisie titles.

He was also previously director of football at fellow Dutch club AZ Alkmaar, helping to clinch only their second-ever