After working at PSV Eindhoven, Marcel Brands joinedEverton.
The crisis surrounding the club has led to the departure of the director of football, Marcel Brands.
After earning a reputation as one of European football's shrewdest operators, Brands joinedEverton from PSV Eindhoven.
He has worked with several managers.
The club's flawed transfer policy has been criticized by Brands.
During his time at Goodison Park, the team has spent over $300 million and fans were angry at the end of the derby defeat to the Reds.
The final details of Brands' departure are being confirmed.
The promotion gave him a broader remit, as the chief executive of the club said, rather than just player recruitment.
In April, he signed a new three-year contract, but it was not clear how much power he had over the managers and signings.
James Rodriguez, who came with a huge personal package, was not in line with the strategy of younger players who would have good sell-on value.
The influence of Brands was thought to have been reduced by working with managers such as Ancelotti and Benitez.
At the end of the loss to the Reds, he was confronted by an angry fan who asked if he recruited them.
The brands asked the supporter if it was only the players.
Brands was always going to be in the firing line after owner Moshiri declared his support for the manager, and it adds to the sense of unrest surrounding the home game with Arsenal on Monday, where they are trying to stop a run of eight games without a victory.
A group of fans have demanded a walk-out during the 27th minute of the game to protest against the current board, which has not won a trophy since 1995.
Their immediate future will be shaped by Moshiri's next moves.
The expected departure of Brands increases the sense of unrest around the club and the need for owner Farhad Moshiri to take control of a situation that is in danger of spiralling out of control.
The vote of confidence in the manager was delivered by Moshiri, who is often the observer of events from afar and not even on the board.
It has done little to ease the anger of fans who are unhappy with the appointment of former manager of the club.
The number understating it is almost 27 years since the last trophy for the club, the 1995 FA Cup.
With Brands' departure, that board now only consists of chairman Bill Kenwright and chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale, who both felt the fury of fans and have been heavily criticized after the game, plus finance director Grant Ingles, who was only appointed in July.
It's not known if the director of football model will continue. It has failed with Steve Walsh and now Brands, but he must act to strengthen a lightweight board with more footballing prowess to prevent the 59-year-old Dutchman being seen as a convenient scapegoat in an attempt to answer calls for change.
While Brands has faced growing criticism from fans, there was also a measure of understanding as to whether he has ever had the level of control a director of football requires when working with powerful figures such as Carlo Ancelotti.
Despite his willingness to bankroll the club to such an extent that they are now working to ensure they remain within financial fair play regulations, his track record shows that he can be volatile and reactive when it comes to decision making.
The immediate future of the club will be shaped by the next moves of Moshiri, regardless of whether he gets them right or wrong.
