Dan Friedkin at work to make Jose Mourinho appointment at Everton as Dyche update shared
Dan Friedkin is working to secure a long-term replacement for Sean Dyche at Everton with Jose Mourinho mooted as a potential option, according to Graeme Bailey.
The journalist reported on 13 October that the prospective new owner at Goodison wants to “rub shoulders with the very best”, which points towards Dyche being replaced.
The former Chelsea and Manchester United boss is someone The Friedkin Group “knows and trusts”, having worked together at Roma, and he is considered an “appealing” choice for the Toffees.
Friedkin’s people “are doing their work for the long-term appointment” on Merseyside, with Mourinho mooted as someone “they like”.
Dan Friedkin wants Jose Mourinho at Everton
There aren’t many more experienced managers potentially available to the Toffees than Mourinho, who was one of the best in the world at one moment in time.
This took him from being a Champions League winner with Porto and Inter Milan to title wins with Chelsea and Real Madrid.
The Portuguese manager now finds himself in Turkiye with Fenerbahce, where he has guided his side to fourth in the Super Lig.
A return to the Premier League could be an exciting prospect for the 61-year-old, especially as the face of a fresh project at the Bramley-Moore Dock stadium.
It would be a blow for Dyche to be sacked given the job that he has done in his time at Goodison, which has seen him keep his side away from relegation.
Moving the former Burnley manager on and replacing him with Mourinho could prove to be a risk but a calculated one from Friedkin and Co.
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