Roberto Martinez’s sacking at Everton means the club go into a very busy summer without a leader at the Goodison Park helm.
With summer signings blatantly necessary after the club’s stuttering season, billionaire investor Farhad Moshiri will be keen for a quick appointment to set the Toffees on their way again.
And one of the names that has cropped up is that of David Moyes, who managed Everton for 11 years before joining Manchester United in 2013. He’s still looking for the chance to return to the game after his tenure at Real Sociedad was ended rather abruptly six months ago, but the news of his interest in the vacant Everton job has seen a mixed reaction.
There are those who believe his time at Everton was a success and would gladly welcome him back and those who think it’s time to move on and leave the past in the past. Both arguments are being thrown around by different sides of the Everton support, but it seems that most (albeit the margin is small) are wanting Moyes to stay away the second time around.
However with the former boss stating his keen interest in the current vacant position, could the unthinkable happen? Moyes told The Times earlier in the week: “Would I consider going back? I’ve said if I get an exciting challenge and something that makes me feel I could get my teeth into it I would be really interested.”
But the arguments to progress to pastures new seem to be outweighing those calling for his return. Everton are a football club that have been on the down for the whole season now. Under Martinez in 2015/16 they failed to hit their normal high standards. In 2013/14, and to an extent 2014/15, the Spaniard got his side firing and whilst they didn’t finish in the top four, we saw some real quality. Ross Barkley shone and broke into the England team like never before whilst Romelu Lukaku was banging in goals left, right and centre.
Whilst the Belgian has been very good this season, too, he just hasn’t had the same sort of support he’s received in the past. The manager lost the fans some time ago and the 3-0 defeat to Sunderland really was the last straw. Everton took Martinez on after his greatest triumph at Wigan Athletic, when he brought FA Cup glory to the DW Stadium back in 2013. Martinez’s achievements with Wigan were fantastic and they outplayed Manchester City in that final. But moving for a manager who won the cup, but was also at the helm when they were relegated from the Premier League was questionable to begin with.
Yet that form has since dropped and Everton need a bright flame in the hot-seat to bring the exciting football back to Goodison. Frank de Boer is the favourite for the job and he is an extremely strong candidate. He led Ajax to four successive Eredivisie titles for the first time in Dutch footballing history and he seems like an extremely popular choice if social media is anything to go by.
But whomever Everton go with, they need to bring exciting football and a desire to develop some of Everton’s younger sparks. The development of some of these players has slowed in recent months, and to get the fans onside they need to bring that back as quick as possible.
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