David Moyes has held discussions with Everton owners the Friedkin Group and could return to the club as early as this weekend after Sean Dyche was sacked on Thursday.
Dyche paid the price for Everton with just one win in their last 11 games, leaving them one point above the Premier League relegation zone in 16th place.
His sacking was confirmed just three hours before Everton’s FA Cup third-round tie against Peterborough, with Leighton Baines and Seamus Coleman handed interim duties. -0 at Goodison Park to progress to the next round.
Moyes, who left West Ham at the end of last season, managed Everton from 2002 to 2013.
It is understood that Everton’s owner, the Friedkin Group, which only took over the club last month, hopes to announce a new manager before next Wednesday’s Premier League game against Aston Villa.
Speaking Sky Sports News In December, Moyes said: “I don’t want to get a job where I have to stop all the time and end up at the bottom of the league.
“A lot of the time I was at Everton, we were competing for European places. West Ham have had three of them in Europe in the last four years.
“I like to think I can do a level job rather than just avoid the drop. I’ll wait for the right opportunity and if it doesn’t come I’ll be happy where I am at the moment.”
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Speaking in December, David Moyes told Sky Sports News he would not consider working for a club in the bottom half of the Premier League.
Moyes famously used the phrase “the people’s club” to describe the Blues during his first press conference as Everton manager after replacing Walter Smith in 2002.
During his 11 years in charge, the 61-year-old Scot guided them to the 2005 Champions League qualifiers and the 2009 FA Cup final.
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In his first press conference as Everton manager in 2002, David Moyes called the Toffees “the people’s football club”.
Moyes was also named the League Managers Association (LMA) Manager of the Year three times during his time at Everton, before he left to replace Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in 2013.
In his second spell as West Ham manager, after six months in charge in 2017/18, he orchestrated Conference League success in 2022/23, beating Fiorentina in the final to win the club’s first European silverware for 43 years the main trophy.
Everton’s numbers reflect a downward spiral
Dyche took charge of Everton in January 2023, having spent nearly 10 years as Burnley manager from October 2012 to April 2022.
The Toffees escaped relegation at the end of the 2022-23 season by just two points with a last-day victory over Bournemouth.
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Jamie Carragher comments on Everton’s recent Premier League struggles under Dyche
The 53-year-old then kept Everton in the top flight last season despite the team having eight points deducted from their total for two separate breaches of the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR).
Members of Dyche’s backroom team Ian Wan, Steve Stone, Mark Howard and Billy Mercer have also left the club.
The Toffees are 16th in the Premier League and did not register a single shot on target on Saturday. 1-0 loss to Bournemouth – their eighth defeat in the league this season and they have failed to score in eight of their last 10 games.
Will the fans welcome Moyes back?
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Peter McPartland of Everton fans’ channel Toffee TV insists he does not want Jose Mourinho in charge of the club, despite being the bookies’ favorite to replace Sean Dyche at Goodison Park.
Everton fan Peter McPartland of Toffee TV told Sky Sports:
“David Moyes is a bit different because he’s obviously been at Everton before and still has so much love for the club. He’s been in the Premier League until the end of last season to prove he’s still a good manager.
“It has to come with caveats and those caveats will be that it’s a short-term deal that will only last 18 months.
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Sky Sports’ Vinny O’Connor says Everton’s failure to act quickly after their defeat by Bournemouth has hampered their chances of signing Graham Potter.
“Everton” fans are now ready for who is going to build the football club.
“That’s why I think a lot of fans are disappointed it never went further with Graham Potter. We’re ready for that next stop. We can’t keep appointing managers to keep us and then get rid of them when it stops working.
“I think it’s the kind of manager Everton want, but if the Friedkins bring in Moyes, it’s the same as bringing Claudio Ranieri back to Roma.”
“It’s a warm blanket to keep everyone cozy over the next few months, hopefully they can keep us out of the relegation zone, but I have to say some fans will be hard to convince.”
“Everton couldn’t let go of the prospect of relegation”
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Sean Dyke’s final words as Everton manager at FA Cup press conference where he talks about his future on Merseyside
Sky Sports News’ Alan Myers.
“So after days of assessing the direction of the club and the future of manager Sean Dyke, Everton’s new owners, the Friedkin Group, have decided that parting ways is in the club’s best interests.”
“It’s not a decision the Americans wanted to make at the moment, their plan was to let Dyche see out the remainder of his contract, which was due to expire in June, and then start a detailed review of the club from top to bottom.
“Dych’s work has been recognized over the two years he has been in charge, sometimes traumatic, sometimes uncertain both on and off the pitch. Indeed, it is fair to say that he has had to deal with a situation that no other Everton manager has faced. has not ever had to contend with PSR points reduction, severe financial constraints and a complete board change in its first five months.
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Speaking on Back Pages Tonight, The Guardian’s Jonathan Liew claims that while David Moyes is a “better manager” than Sean Dyche, it would mean another “safe” appointment from Everton.
“But despite all that, the results this season haven’t been good enough, the performances this season haven’t been good enough and the stats suggest something needs to change, that finally convinced TFG that they had to act :
“The prospect of relegation in their first six months and starting life in their new stadium next season was too great to leave to chance. Of course, that remains a concern and the choice of Dyke’s replacement has to balance the need to look to the future, but also to the Premier League between the need to ensure the short-term security of their status.
Dychy has failed to improve Everton this season.
“The focus will now turn to who will be next. There are a number of candidates and I understand that the new owners will prefer to bring in someone who is not currently in charge at another club for two reasons.
“Firstly, they need to come to an agreement quickly and don’t want protracted negotiations with another club, and secondly, perhaps more importantly, they will see any compensation that has to be paid as wasted money that should be going towards signing players;
“There has been a lot of talk about Jose Mourinho, but that is highly unlikely and it is understood that there has been no contact with the former TFG coach at Roma.
“The more likely target is former Everton manager David Moyes, who is now available after leaving West Ham United, and someone who is interested in the Friedkin group. He is obviously a long-term link has with the club and can land.he knows well without too much description of the transition.
“Moyes knows the club better than most, having spent 11 years there. The important thing is that Seamus Coleman has stayed at the club since then, and if Moyes comes back, that relationship could be crucial.
“Moyes has said recently that he doesn’t want to go to a club that is relegating, but Everton are different, there is a link and I think it will be very difficult for him to turn down an offer if it comes.
“Paulo Fonseca is also a name mentioned, he was a coach at Roma when the Friedkins took over the Serie A club. He also has a history of wanting the job at Everton, he was also a contender was employed by Roberto Martinez when Bill Kenwright owned the club.
“However, there is always a risk factor when changing managers at Everton. The owners will have learned from their dealings with Roma that the least risk is the safest way to go, as Claudio Ranieri’s return to the club has shown.
“Whoever gets the job will have a big challenge on their hands, make no mistake Everton are in a relegation battle but there are still a lot of games left and things could look a lot better if the right man is brought in.”
