Ronald Koeman has claimed he foresaw Monday’s sacking by Everton.
The Dutchman parted company with the Toffees following a disappointing start to the campaign despite spending significantly in the transfer market.
Last weekend’s 5-2 defeat to Arsenal was the fifth in nine Premier League games and proved to be the final straw for the Goodison Park hierarchy.
With Everton in the bottom three and facing a Europa League exit before Wednesday’s Carabao Cup exit to Chelsea, Koeman was deposed.
But the former Southampton boss says that he worked out that his 16-month spell in the Everton hot seat was going to an end before the Gunners’ visit.
“Last Thursday, after our defeat to Lyon in the Europa League, I knew it was crisis time,” he told Voetbal Intrenational.
“I am not daft; I know how the football world operates. I could figure out how things could go. I was sure I would be on the bench against Arsenal on Sunday.
“But another defeat against Arsenal and I could see that anything would happen.
“And if things did not improve in those last games, I had worked out what would happen.
“Maybe there was a chance to coach against Chelsea in the League Cup and maybe I would be able to do Leicester City away and Watford just before the international break.
“I knew that Everton, as a club, do not have a reputation for sacking managers quickly. But I always knew that It could still happen.
“At some stage in football, people are left with unavoidable decisions.
“Even though they were right behind me, there is such a thing as a decision for the eye of the public.”