Everton manager Sean Dyche is under no immediate pressure of being sacked despite the club’s poor form of late, although they have started looking at some potential replacements as part of normal succession planning.
The Toffees are currently in a transitional period under their new owners, The Friedkin Group, who are in the process of conducting a 100-day review of the club
TFG, who also own Italian giants Roma, are reluctant to make any knee-jerk decisions regarding Dyche’s future, and don’t have to given the Everton boss’ contract expire this summer.
Everton currently sit 16th in the Premier League table, three points outside the relegation zone. They have won just three of their 18 games so far and are in a battle against the drop again.
TFG accept that Everton’s fixtures in the December period have been tough. A delegation at Goodison Park, including executive chair Marc Watts, were impressed with their performance in a 0-0 draw Chelsea. The draws against Arsenal and Manchester City away were also seen as positive. The 2-0 loss to Nottingham Forest shows how tough the challenge ahead is for the Toffees but crucially, they remain outside the bottom three.
Sources have informed TEAMtalk that TFG view Dyche’s performance as manager of Everton as competent under difficult circumstances and will take their time before deciding on Everton’s long-term manager, whether by extending Dyche or finding a new boss. Dyche has had limited funds to play with in previous transfer windows and has had to front up Everton’s difficult ownership situation since he took charge.
TFG want to take things step by step and have a smooth transition. Sources say it is not simply a question of whether Dyche is sacked or not. The third option is that he simply leaves when his contract expires at the end of the season, which would be much more mutual and amicable parting of ways should be change be deemed necessary.
