Winning the Champions League is the obvious answer to that question but how many fans remember that Everton finished above Liverpool the season that they were crowned Champions of Europe despite trailing in 37 points behind champions Chelsea.
As Benitez banks his pay-off the Spaniard can expect to field enquires from Inter Milan and Juventus about top flight opportunities while Moyes begins preparations to defy economics and keep Everton challenging for a place in the Europa League.
Former Celtic and Middlesbrough defender Derek Whyte presents Premiership football throughout the Middle East on Dubai based Showtime Arabia and is amazed that his fellow Scot is overlooked when the big jobs become vacant.
Moyes has forever been quoted as ‘the next Manchester United manager’ but despite that label no club has come in to offer him a crack at Champions League football and the opportunity to get involved in the sharper end of the transfer market.
“It drives me nuts to see Rafael Benitez getting linked with Juventus or Inter Milan yet Davie Moyes is never quoted for those sort of jobs,” Whyte admitted.
“He does well every season but has to wonder how he’s ever going to get Champions League experience.
“Last season we went out for dinner when he came out to Dubai during an international break and we were talking about his position and we was discussing if he’d ever get a chance in the Champions League.
“He can only take Everton so far, it amazes me that no team has taken a chance on him. I don’t think that Everton have the finances to push any further.”
While Liverpool’s season trundled from one disappointment to the next ranging from an FA Cup defeat at home to Reading through to finishing seventh in the Premiership, Everton finished strongly just two points behind despite a crippling injury list.
Mikel Arteta and Phil Jagielka both started in just 11 Premiership games which allowed other such as Fellaini and Steven Piennar to emerge alongside the consistently consistent Tim Cahill.
In eight years in charge at Goodison Moyes has constructed a number of different teams with the emphasis on developing from within alongside sensible investment in the transfer market.
The £17m profit on Joelon Lescott more than covered the transfer fees for Arteta, Jagielka, Cahill and Piennar with Whyte impressed by the way that Moyes maximises his squad.
He added: “Considering that they were without Jagielka and Arteta for most of the time Everton had a fantastic season.
“When those two came back into the side and with Steven Pinnear on form they were an impressive side.
“Davie builds teams and also brings through younger players like Jack Rodwell which are all the qualities that you look for in a top manager.
“He’s well appreciated and rewarded at Everton but I’d love him to get the chance to move on and test himself at another level, I’m sure that he could do equally well elsewhere.”
Article courtesy of Joe McHugh from VIDEO CELTS