Merseyside Police are investigating a “threatening" anti-Rafa Benitez banner hung close to the Spaniard's home on the Wirral overnight.

An image shared on social media showed a white sheet with the words 'We know where you live. Don't sign' – appearing to refer to Benitez's expected appointment as Everton manager – hung over a garden wall in the former Liverpool manager's home village of Caldy.

However according to the force, the message was placed outside the "wrong house".

“We can confirm police are investigating reports of a threatening banner at a location in Caldy today, Monday 28 June," said a statement from Merseyside Police.

“At around 7am, it was reported that a banner made from bed sheets had been placed over a wall and bushes on a residential driveway, with wording which is thought to target football manager Rafa Benitez."