Everton fans are absolutely loving Marcel Brands, after their new director of football gave his first interview with the club.

Everton fans hated the performances under Ronald Koeman earlier this season, and they despised the showings under Sam Allardyce even more, but the thing that has frustrated fans the most in recent years is how poorly the club has been run.

The Toffees spent big last summer, but instead of splashing out on two or three proven superstars to atone for the loss of Romelu Lukaku, they did exactly what Liverpool did after losing Luis Suarez, grabbing several average players for prices they quite simply were not worth.

That should all change now though, as the man responsible for the rise of AZ Alkmaar as well as some impressive work at PSV has taken the helm at Goodison.

Brands has uncovered some incredible gems during his time in Dutch football, uncovering stars like Dries Mertens and Georginio Wijnaldum before moving them on for big fees.

"The priority in the first month is the first team and to be ready for the start of the next Premier League season. The [overall plan] has to be long-term, though. That’s also the goal I was given in the conversations I had with the Club,” Brands told evertontv.

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"What the people around the Club will see is new signings but behind-the-scenes there will be a lot of work and, of course, the first thing is a new manager.

"I have watched several Everton games and I have looked at the players. I also saw some who were on loan to other clubs but if we are going to take decisions about players it is important the manager is involved because he is going to work with them every day.

"I will take care of the long-term strategy but the first job now is to find a manager as soon as possible and straight away go to work with the squad."

Brands sounds focused and committed to ushering in a new dawn at Goodison Park, and fans are absolutely loving his comments.

If the Dutchman can continue his impressive transfer record with the Toffees, he could just be their most important signing in years.

Some of the best Twitter reactions can be found below…