Everton will be ‘front of the queue’ to appoint Wayne Rooney as Sean Dyche sack decision looms
Everton will be at the “front of the queue” to offer Wayne Rooney a return to management in England with Sean Dyche “under pressure” on Merseyside, according to Dean Jones.
Speaking to GIVEMESPORT (22 September) the former Eurosport journalist said that the ex-England captain would be one of the “favourites” to replace the current Toffees boss, with the club having “a decision to make” at manager.
According to Jones “it won’t be too long now” until Rooney reaches the “natural point” where his time at DC United in MLS comes to an end, and if Dyche is moved on the former Goodison striker would be “one of the favourites” to take over.
Jones said: “I’d be surprised if we didn’t see Rooney as Everton manager at some point to be honest. I think that when it comes to him coming back into English football, I’ll be surprised if it wasn’t Everton front of the queue to give him that opportunity.
“Whether that’s now or whether that comes as the next appointment, we’ll have to wait and see. But obviously, Sean Dyche is under pressure at the moment, and that seems like it’s going to continue.
“It won’t be too long now until the MLS season ends and it might be that we get to a natural point where Rooney’s time in MLS comes to an end and Everton have a decision to make over who their next manager is.
“If that’s the case, then I expect Rooney to be one of the favourites.”
Forever linked
Of course Rooney’s is a name that comes up in relation to the Everton manager’s job whenever it is available, unless or until he actually gets the job, thanks to his history with the club.
Since the 37-year-old himself seems to think that be might be set to leave DC United in the near future [Washington Post, 1 September] the timing makes it inevitable that a possible arrival at Goodison Park comes into focus.
With Dyche starting the season with just a point from the first five games, four of which were lost without scoring a goal, questions are growing about his suitability for the job.
But with 777 Partners’ takeover from Farhad Moshiri currently going through the regulatory process, which could take up to three months, there seems little scope to sack him even if the club did decide he should go.
The current Everton owner doesn’t look to have any appetite to fork out more millions to pay off yet another manager and sign up a new one.
And until the deal goes through the prospective new owners don’t have the power to conduct such a process, even if their agreement is needed for key decisions until then.
So unless something drastic happens there may well be at least one other step to Rooney’s managerial career before an Everton return, unless 777 Partners want to make some headlines once their buy-out goes through, assuming it does.
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