Evertonians face a potential wait beyond today for the official announcement of Sean Dyche as their club’s new manager.
The former Burnley boss has agreed to succeed Frank Lampard and become the eighth incumbent of the home dugout at Goodison Park under Farhad Moshiri’s ownership.
Lampard was sacked last Monday after Moshiri attended his first Everton game in 15 months – along with all of the club’s board members who had missed the previous fixture at home to Southampton due to security concerns – with the 2-0 defeat at fellow strugglers West Ham United being the team’s eighth defeat in their last nine matches. The result left the Blues joint bottom of the table, only above basement side Southampton on goal difference, with their 15 point total their lowest ever at this stage of a Premier League season.
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After club officials also entered talks with former Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa, who flew into London from South America, Dyche emerged as Everton’s preferred choice and he will return to the Premier League after being sacked by Burnley on Good Friday last year. The 51-year-old spent almost a decade in charge at Turf Moor, steering the Clarets to two promotions and their first qualification to European competition since 1966/67 on the back of a seventh place finish in the Premier League in 2017/18 – their highest placing since coming sixth in 1973/74.
The ECHO understands that Dyche is set to do his internal media duties at Everton today with a view for an official announcement after that which could be on Sunday or even Monday. In a similar manner to predecessor Lampard who was working on transfer targets before his appointment was confirmed on deadline day last year (January 31), Dyche will have to get to work straight away on deals with director of football Kevin Thelwell before the window closes on Tuesday with Anthony Gordon’s imminent sale to Newcastle United potentially generating additional funds.
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