SEAN DYCHE is Everton’s new boss after Marcelo Bielsa snubbed the Goodison Park job.
Bielsa was owner Farhad Moshiri’s No 1 target but incredibly the Argentinian was only prepared to coach the club’s Under-21 side until the summer.
After talks broke down with Bielsa in London, Moshiri turned to Dyche to stop the Toffees tumbling out of the top flight for the first time since 1951.
Dyche is understood to have agreed a contract worth around £5million a year until 2025. It contains a clause stating he will either dodge the sack — even if Everton go down — or Moshiri will have to pay up the remainder of his deal.
Dyche, who beat Sam Allardyce and Ralph Hasenhuttl to the post, will be joined by old Burnley coaches Ian Woan and Steve Stone.
The 51-year-old will also be reunited with former Turf Moor players James Tarkowski, Michael Keane and Dwight McNeil at Goodison.
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Burnley sacked Dyche after nine years in April as they sank towards the Championship.
His first game back in the Premier League will be a baptism of fire at home to leaders Arsenal next Saturday.
Bielsa, 67, appeared primed to take over from sacked Frank Lampard after jetting to London on Thursday for crunch talks with Moshiri.
The former Leeds boss, who wanted a £6m-a-year pay packet, had already made it clear he had reservations about the balance of Everton’s squad and whether the players could adapt to his high-intensity style.
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Bielsa then told Moshiri he wanted to work with Everton’s younger players for the remainder of the season while the club got used to his methods. He then planned to take over in the summer — leaving an interim manager battling to beat the drop.
The club were unwilling to accept his proposal and turned to Dyche, who now faces a transfer scramble to bring in reinforcements for a relegation scrap before Tuesday’s deadline.
He will have funds from the £45m sale of winger Anthony Gordon to Newcastle.
That deal could signal the £18m arrival of Coventry City striker Viktor Gyokeres, 24, who has 12 strikes in 27 Championship games this season.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
