Close Menu
    Subscribe
    Sport

    Everton confirm appointment of Sean Dyche as new manager.

    Emma TeeBy Updated:No Comments3 Mins Read

    • Everton announce the appointment of Sean Dyche as new manager on deal until summer 2025.

    Everton confirm appointment of Sean Dyche as new manager.
    Everton confirm appointment of Sean Dyche as new manager.

    Everton have confirmed and announced the appointment of former Burnley boss Sean Dyche as their new manager on a two-and-a-half-year contract.

    After speaking with former Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa, Mp3bullet reported on Friday that Dyche has been chosen by the Everton board as Frank Lampard’s replacement.

    Dyche is Toffees owner Farhad Moshiri’s third permanent manager since taking over the club over seven years ago.

    Dyche, one of the Premier League’s most regarded and experienced managers, will be assisted by former Nottingham Forest winger Ian Woan as Assistant Manager, ex-England international Steve Stone as First-Team Coach, and Mark Howard, who will assist with sports science. All three employees previously worked for Dyche at Burnley.

    Dyche told the club’s official website: “It’s an honour to become Everton manager. My staff and I are ready and eager to help get this great club back on track.

    “I know about Everton’s passionate fanbase and how precious this club is to them. We’re ready to work and ready to give them what they want. That starts with sweat on the shirt, effort and getting back to some of the basic principles of what Everton Football Club has stood for for a long time.We want to bring back a good feeling. We need the fans, we need unity and we need everyone aligned. That starts with us as staff and players.

    “Our aim is to put out a team that works, that fights and wears the badge with pride. The connection with the fans can then grow very quickly because they’re so passionate.

    RELATED:

    “There is quality in this squad. But we have to make them shine. That’s the job of me and my staff.

    “We want to change the shape of this club going forward, remodel it in our style, but in a way that we can win.

    “That’s the task in front of us – make sure we’re building, tactically and technically, giving players organisation, allow them the freedom to play, to go and enjoy their football because it’s brilliant when the team’s playing with a smile, but we’ve got to win.”

    A 2-0 loss to fellow strugglers West Ham on January 21 kept Lampard’s team in last place with 15 points after 20 games, two points outside the safety zone.

    The Merseyside team has been struggling under the former England international; their most recent league victory came in a 3-0 home victory over Crystal Palace in October.

    After managing Derby County in the second tier in 2018/19 and Chelsea from 2019–2021, Lampard was signed by Everton in January 2022. However, Dyche will now be responsible for stopping the club’s descent into the Championship.

    Everton chairman Bill Kenwright said: “Kevin [Thelwell, director of football] and I spent some valuable time with Sean over the past few days and he quickly convinced me that he has exactly the right attributes to make himself a great Everton manager – and a man who could inspire our fanbase. And Farhad felt the same when he met him, too.”

    On February 4, Everton will host league-leading Arsenal in Dyche’s debut game in that position.