David Moyes: Everton owners set date to appoint new manager after Sean Dyche sacking?

David Moyes has reportedly emerged arsenic the apical people to regenerate Sean Dyche arsenic Everton manager.

Dyche was relieved of his duties connected Thursday afternoon, conscionable hours earlier the Toffees' FA Cup third-round necktie against Peterborough United, with Under-18s caput manager Leighton Baines and nine skipper Seamus Coleman placed successful interim charge.

Baines revealed earlier kickoff that Dyche had selected the starting lineup for the Merseysiders, who secured a much-needed 2-0 victory astatine Goodison Park courtesy of goals from Beto and Iliman Ndiaye.

Dyche's exit has travel little than a period aft the Friedkin Group completed their much-anticipated takeover of Everton, bringing an extremity to the reign of erstwhile proprietor Farhard Moshiri.

The 53-year-old successfully kept the Toffees successful the Premier League for back-to-back seasons, overcoming 2 tons of points deductions past word earlier finishing 14 points supra the driblet zone.

However, helium yet paid the terms for Everton's tally of conscionable 1 triumph successful their past 11 Premier League matches, leaving them 16th successful the table and conscionable 1 constituent supra the relegation zone.

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Moyes successful talks with Everton owners implicit affectional return

According to The Athletic, Everton person present identified erstwhile manager Moyes arsenic their apical people to win Dyche.

A abstracted study from Sky Sports News claims that the 61-year-old has already held discussions with Everton's owners and could marque a instrumentality to the nine arsenic aboriginal arsenic this weekend.

It is understood that the Friedkin Group anticipation to denote the assignment of a caller manager earlier adjacent Wednesday's Premier League lucifer astatine location against Aston Villa.

The Friedkin Group - besides owners of Italian broadside Roma - person caller past with nostalgic appointments, arsenic they named nine fable Danielle De Rossi arsenic caput manager of the Serie A giants successful January past year, but his tenure lasted conscionable 8 months arsenic helium was sacked successful September.

Moyes, who near West Ham United astatine the extremity of past season, was successful complaint of Everton betwixt 2002 and 2013 and won 42% of his 518 games astatine the helm.

The Scotsman, who guided the Toffees to the qualifying rounds of the Champions League successful 2005 and the FA Cup last successful 2009, ended his 11-year relation with the nine to win Sir Alex Ferguson astatine Manchester United, wherever helium was sacked aft conscionable 10 months.

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Would Moyes beryllium unfastened to Everton return?

Speaking to Sky Sports News successful December astir his aboriginal successful management, Moyes said: "I don't privation to beryllium taking jobs wherever I person to scrap each the clip and beryllium circular the bottommost of the league.

"Most of the clip I was astatine Everton, we were competing for European positions. The past 4 years astatine West Ham, 3 of them person been successful Europe.

"I similar to deliberation I tin bash a occupation astatine a level alternatively than conscionable avoiding relegation. I volition hold connected the close accidental and if it doesn't come, I'll beryllium blessed wherever I americium astatine the moment."

Three-time Premier League victor Jose Mourinho, presently successful complaint of Fenerbahce, has besides been linked with the Everton vacancy, but it is understood that the Portuguese brag is yet to beryllium contacted by the Merseysiders.

The likes of Lee Carsley, Sir Gareth Southgate, Michael Carrick, Steve Cooper and Gary O'Neil person besides been listed by the bookmakers arsenic imaginable candidates for the Everton vacancy since the dismissal of Dyche.

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