Sean Dyche has been sacked as supervisor of Everton, the membership confirmed on Thursday.
Dyche took over from Frank Lampard in 2023. Though Dyche steered Everton from relegation in back-to-back seasons amid monetary strife, a mixture of poor type and an uninspiring type of soccer has seen the Merseyside outfit act.
David Moyes is on the verge of sealing a return to Everton after talks with the membership’s new homeowners, sources have advised ESPN.
Everton are sixteenth within the Premier League, having scored simply 15 targets in 19 video games. Solely bottom-placed Southampton have managed fewer.
A membership assertion was launched simply three hours earlier than the go to of Peterborough within the FA Cup third spherical, with membership captain Seamus Coleman and former participant Leighton Baines to take over on an interim foundation.
The assertion learn: “Everton Soccer Membership can affirm that Sean Dyche has been relieved of his duties as Senior Males’s First Workforce Supervisor with speedy impact.
“[Coaches] Ian Woan, Steve Stone, Mark Howard and Billy Mercer have additionally left the Membership.
“The method to nominate a brand new Supervisor is underway and an replace might be offered sooner or later.
“Below-18s Head Coach Leighton Baines and Membership Captain Seamus Coleman will take cost of first-team affairs on an interim foundation.”
Moyes, who left Everton in 2013 after 11 years as supervisor to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, has been out of labor since leaving West Ham United on the finish of final season and sources have stated he’s open to a second spell in cost.
Everton had been linked with a transfer for Graham Potter earlier than he joined West Ham United in a transfer that was additionally confirmed on Thursday.
The membership’s announcement comes lower than a month after U.S. agency the Friedkin Group accomplished its takeover of the membership. Government chairman Marc Watts stated the American possession group had been “dedicated to main Everton into an thrilling new period each on and off the pitch.”
Everton are shifting to a brand new riverfront stadium in Liverpool subsequent season after 132 years at Goodison Park.
Regardless of Jose Mourinho initially being priced because the odds-on favorite to interchange Dyche, sources have advised ESPN that the Fenerbahce coach shouldn’t be a candidate to maneuver to Everton at this stage.