Everton hierarchy wowed by Sean Dyche and Marcelo Bielsa talks, further talks on Thursday
Marcelo Bielsa and Sean Dyche are the two front-runners for the vacant Everton managerial position, with both candidates impressing the club hierarchy, according to Sky Sports News.
The board sacked Frank Lampard on Monday [23 January] following the club’s dreadful position in the Premier League table and their poor run of form.
The Toffees have yet to line up an immediate replacement for the Chelsea legend but are currently in talks with candidates to take over for the remainder of the season at least.
Bielsa has been regarded as the board’s number-one target to fill the void, whilst the club also are interested in former Burnley manager Sean Dyche, who is emerging [The Mirror, 25 January] as the latest favourite following doubts over Bielsa.
And according to the latest development from Sky Sports News [Transfer Centre Live, 26 January, 09:32], the two are the current front-runners for the job, with the Toffees hierarchy impressed by both of their pitches.
Further talks are expected today [26 January] and the club remain hopeful of making an appointment before this weekend.
Major decision
With the Toffees sitting in a perilous position in the Premier League table currently, the Everton board can longer continue to show their incompetence regarding the interests of the football club and will need to make a swift but crucial decision in the coming days.
Bielsa and Dyche both represent decent options to replace Lampard, but also shows a clear worry that the board simply do not know which direction they are desiring to take the club to.
Both Bielsa and Dyche hold totally contrasting managerial styles and philosophies, which leads to the questions constantly posed towards the Toffees hierarchy: What direction is the club heading in? What is the long-term strategy? What do they want the club to look like in future?
While both managers hold decent reputations, their contrasting approaches are clear to see which will worry the Toffees faithful. Do they want the side to be a high-intensity and progressive side or the polar opposite? There is simply no clarity as to what philosophies they have in mind.
It leads to the assumption that both candidates reek of desperation from the under-fire board.