David Moyes has held discussions with Everton’s owners The Friedkin Group and could make a return to the club as early as this weekend after Sean Dyche was sacked on Thursday.
Dyche paid the price for Everton’s run of just one win from their last 11 games, leaving them a 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 tie against Peterborough with Leighton Baines and Seamus Coleman placed in interim charge. Baines revealed pre-match that Dyche had selected the starting XI for the Toffees who won 2-0 at Goodison Park to reach the next round.
Moyes, who left West Ham at the end of last season, was manager of Everton between 2002 and 2013.
It is understood Everton’s owner, the Friedkin Group – who only completed their takeover of the club last month – hope to announce a new manager before next Wednesday’s Premier League match against Aston Villa.
Speaking to Sky Sports News in December, Moyes said: “I don’t want to be taking jobs where I have to scrap all the time and be round the bottom of the league.
“Most of the time I was at Everton, we were competing for European positions. The last four years at West Ham, three of them have been in Europe.
“I like to think I can do a job at a level rather than just avoiding relegation. I will wait for the right opportunity and if it doesn’t come, I’ll be happy where I am at the moment.”
Moyes famously coined the ‘People’s Club’ phrase 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 qualifying rounds of the Champions League in 2005 and the FA Cup final in 2009. (SkySports)
