David Moyes is a candidate to coach Everton after the dismissal of Sean Dyche from the club, which ranks 16th in the English Premier League | Football news

David Moyes is a contender for the vacant managerial position at Everton, Sky Sports News He understands that, after Sean Dyche’s sacking on Thursday.

Dyche paid the price for Everton, winning just once in their last 11 games, leaving them one point above the Premier League relegation zone in 16th place.

His sacking was confirmed just over three hours before Everton’s FA Cup third round match against Peterborough, with Leighton Baines and Seamus Coleman named in interim charge.

Moyes, who left West Ham at the end of last season, was Everton coach between 2002 and 2013.

It is understood that Everton’s owner, the Friedkin Group – which completed its takeover of the club only last month – hopes to announce a new manager before next Wednesday’s Premier League match against Aston Villa.

talking to Sky Sports News In December, Moyes said: “I don’t want to take jobs where I have to stop working all the time and be at the bottom of the league.

“Most of the time I was at Everton, we were competing for European places. The last four years at West Ham, three of them were in Europe.

“I like to think I can do a job at a level rather than just avoid relegation. I’ll wait for the right opportunity and if it doesn’t come, I’ll be happy where I am now.”

Moyes famously coined 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 office, the 61-year-old Scottish coach led the team to the preliminary rounds of the Champions League in 2005 and the FA Cup final in 2009.

Moyes was also named League Managers’ Association (LMA) Manager of the Year on three occasions during his time at Everton before leaving in 2013 to replace Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.

During his second spell as West Ham manager – six months after taking charge in the 2017/18 season – he was the mastermind behind Conference League success in 2022/23, defeating Fiorentina in the final to win the club’s first ever European title and first ever title. The major trophy for 43 years.

Daiichi took over as Everton coach in January 2023, after spending nearly 10 years as Burnley coach between October 2012 and April 2022.

The Toffees survived relegation at the end of the 2022-23 season by just two points, securing a final day win over Bournemouth.

The 53-year-old then kept Everton in the Championship last season, despite having eight points deducted from the team’s total due to two separate breaches of the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR).

Dyche backroom members Ian Wone, Steve Stone, Mark Howard and Billy Mercer also left the club.

The Toffees are 16th in the Premier League and did not register a shot on target during Saturday’s match Losing 1-0 to Bournemouth Their eighth defeat in the league this season, and they have failed to score in eight of their last 10 matches.

“The club was left in limbo after the slow response to the weekend’s result.”

Vinny O’Connor from Sky Sports News at Goodison Park:

“We knew that Everton’s new owners were assessing the situation after the defeat to Bournemouth at the weekend. We knew that they had spoken to other potential replacements, in particular Graham Potter.”

“Daiichi had until the summer left on his contract and the ideal scenario would have been to have a safe hand to help them through the season, maintain their Premier League status and then re-evaluate in the summer.

“But recent results, winning just once in 11 league games, and failing to score in eight of them, mean they have decided the only way to turn things around is with a new coach.

“The club is in limbo anyway because after the weekend’s result against Bournemouth, the owners were not quick to back Sean Dyche or make a decision on his future.

“It enabled West Ham to get ahead of them and put a deal together that was attractive enough for Graham Potter to sign for them.

“Now Everton’s managerial search begins again. We know there have been unrest among Everton’s players – the style of play, the lack of goals, the production of their attacking line with (Dominic) Calvert-Lewin only two goals and 15 without scoring.

“We had a strange situation here where the opposition manager lost his job, remember David Moyes came back to Manchester United and lost his job shortly after?

“Brendan Rodgers lost his job as Liverpool manager shortly after the Merseyside derby – but I can’t remember a manager losing his job so close to the start of a match.

“It’s been a bit late since the weekend, and that defeat against Bournemouth. Everton fans would have liked to see action taken sooner, and some sort of resolution.”

“Everton cannot leave the possibility of relegation to chance.”

Alan Myers from Sky Sports News:

“The prospect of relegation in the first six months and starting life at their new stadium in the Championship next season was too great to leave to chance.

“Of course, this remains a concern and their choice of Daiichi’s replacement must be balanced between the need to look to the future but also the necessity of securing short-term safety for their Premier League status.

“The Friedkins have a huge task ahead of them, both on and off the pitch, and the club has been in a state of paralysis over the last few years due to the long takeover drama, but it is also a club that has not had a trophy for almost 20 years. 30 years, the longest period without silverware in its long and illustrious history.

“The decision to change coach is just the first of many big decisions to be made in the coming months as TFG look to bring back the glory days to this major rival in English football.

“The fans want and expect the best. Managing Everton comes with as high expectations as any club in the Premier League, but for little, ask any former player or manager about the pressure of playing for a club that, before the start of the Premier League, was known as one of the ‘Big Four’. “.

“Of course, it has been a long time since Everton have been part of the elite and they never looked like adding to their nine league titles during that period, but that expectation, whether misguided or not, has never gone away.

“There is a generation of fans who have never experienced success in any form and are left feeling anemic, and the generations before them have been left baffled by the failure to keep up with not only the established big clubs but also newcomers who have overtaken Everton as one of the English Premier League Achievers.

“Whoever takes over from Dyche has a fantastic opportunity, with a fantastic new stadium, financial stability with the new owners and the prospect of a fresh start to rebuild the English football establishment, but only after fighting to save it from a more pressing challenge.” “.