A look at what tasks will be first on David Moyes to-do list after his return as Everton manager
David Moyes has returned for a second stint in charge, nearly a twelve years after leaving his position as Everton manager and nearly twenty-three years after taking over as Blues manager. On Saturday morning, it was reported that the Scot has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract to replace Sean Dyche, whose dismissal was announced on Thursday afternoon prior to Everton’s 2-0 FA Cup third-round victory against Peterborough United. Here are some of the things the 61-year-old will need to accomplish as he returns to the manager’s office at the Blues’ Finch Farm training facility in Halewood.
David Moyes has three immediate tasks as Everton backroom team to be formed
A look at what tasks will be first on David Moyes to-do list after his return as Everton manager
Compile his backroom staff
When the official announcement of Moyes’ return, complete with quotes from himself and Everton executive chairman Marc Watts was made at 9am on Saturday, it was stated that “further announcements on David’s staff will follow in due course.” First time around, former Everton player Alan Irvine started as Moyes’ assistant manager but after he left – ironically to take charge of his gaffer’s previous club Preston North End – in 2007, Steve Round left his coaching position at Newcastle United to join the Blues the following summer
Round is now available, although Moyes’ assistant from his former position at West Ham United, Billy McKinlay, is rumored to be in line to work alongside him again at Everton. Round was most recently a member of Mikel Arteta’s staff at Arsenal, where the 54-year-old left on good terms last summer. The 66-year-old Glaswegian Irvine may also make another comeback to the Blues, and Leighton Baines, the coach of the Under-18 team, who was in caretaker charge against the Posh and whom Moyes made the most expensive defender in Everton history at the time when he paid £6 million to sign him from Wigan Athletic in 2007, is also expected to be included in the lineup.
With Alan Kelly fired by Dyche after having time off due to surgery and replacement Billy Mercer departing with Ian Woan and Steve Stone when the former Burnley manager left, a choice about the goalkeeper coach will need to be made. It has been stated that Chris Woods, 65, was introduced to Everton by Walter Smith in 1998 and later served under Moyes. January sales Everton is hoping to receive confirmation this month that they won’t face PSR issues once more. The team is believed to be certain that they won’t face any further penalties following the pair of point deductions they suffered last season. Nevertheless, even though Dan Friedkin’s estimated personal wealth is $11.3 billion (about £9.26 billion), Financial Fair Play
Nonetheless, there is optimism that Moyes, a well-known recruitment expert, would be able to close some deals during the January transfer window. There is a shortage of cover at left-back, where Vitalii Mykolenko has had inconsistent play this season, and right wing seems to be a key area considering that on-loan players Jack Harrison and Jesper Lindstrom have not combined for a goal or an assist this season.
Get to know some new faces
While there are plenty of staff at Everton – at Finch Farm, the Royal Liver Building and Goodison Park – who will know Moyes from his first stint in charge, it’s less so with the playing squad. Given the generation gap from when he was initially appointed back in 2002, some of the players he’ll be working with now weren’t even born when his previous spell as Blues boss began.
The sole player remaining from Moyes’ previous stint in charge is Seamus Coleman, whom the Scot acquired from Sligo Rovers in January 2009 for the legendary steal of sixty thousand pounds. However, the returning Everton manager has collaborated with a number of other players. While Michael Keane and Ashley Young were both at Manchester United during his brief tenure as Sir Alex Ferguson’s replacement at Old Trafford, Keane was still a young player awaiting his Premier League debut and was loaned to Championship teams Derby County and Blackburn Rovers during his tenure.
Jordan Pickford, the number one player for England, is one former homegrown prospect that Moyes is well-versed on. Pickford, who is currently 30 years old and has played for his country 73 times, is set to make his 300th Blues appearance in Moyes’ first return game against Aston Villa on Wednesday. However, when the two teams first met at Sunderland in 2016, the Washington native had only three first team appearances under his belt.
Pickford had been loaned out to half a mile dozen clubs before he became first choice at the Black Cats under Moyes. Although the season ended in bitter disappointment for them both with the Wearside outfit relegated from the Premier League, Pickford’s personal form in between the sticks earned him his big £25million move to Everton in the summer of 2017.
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