Following Dyche's dismissal, Moyes might take over as Everton manager this weekend.
After Sean Dyche was fired, David Moyes was a candidate to become manager of Everton, who was ranked 16th in the Premier League.
Following Sean Dyche's dismissal on Thursday, David Moyes has had talks with The Friedkin Group, Everton's owners, and may return to the team as early as this weekend.
Everton's record of just one victory in their last 11 games cost Dyche dearly, as they now sit in 16th position, one point above the Premier League relegation zone.
Leighton Baines and Seamus Coleman were named interim managers after his dismissal was confirmed just over three hours prior to Everton's FA Cup third-round matchup with Peterborough. Before the game, Baines disclosed that Dyche had chosen the starting lineup for the Toffees, who advanced to the next round with a 2-0 victory at Goodison Park.
Moyes managed Everton from 2002 to 2013 before leaving West Ham at the end of the previous campaign.
According to reports, the Friedkin Group, Everton's owner, who only finished purchasing the team last month, plans to name a new manager prior to Wednesday's Premier League game against Aston Villa.
"I don't want to be taking jobs where I have to scrap all the time and be around the bottom of the league," Moyes stated in a December speech.
"We were vying for European spots for the most of my tenure at Everton. Three of West Ham's last four years have been spent in Europe.
"Instead of just avoiding relegation, I prefer to think I can perform a job at a level. I'll wait for the ideal moment, and if it doesn't present itself, I'll be content with my current situation."
The term 'People's Club' was notably used by Moyes to characterise the Blues in his maiden press conference as Everton manager following his replacement of Walter Smith in 2002.
The 61-year-old Scot led them to the FA Cup final in 2009 and the Champions League qualifying rounds in 2005 during his 11 years as manager.
Before leaving Everton in 2013 to take Sir Alex Ferguson's position at Manchester United, Moyes was also named the League Managers Association's (LMA) manager of the year three times while he was there.
He oversaw West Ham's Conference League triumph in 2022–2023 during his second spell as manager, which came after six months in command during the 2017–18 campaign. The team defeated Fiorentina in the final to win their first major trophy in forty-three years and their first piece of European silverware.
In January 2023, Dyche took over as Everton's manager after nearly ten years as Burnley's manager from October 2012 to April 2022. The Toffees narrowly avoided relegation at the end of the 2022–2023 season by two points, defeating Bournemouth on the final day.
Despite Everton losing eight points due to two different violations of the Premier League's Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR), the 53-year-old managed to keep the team in the top division the previous season.
Billy Mercer, Mark Howard, Steve Stone, and Ian Woan, who were part of Dyche's backroom staff, have also departed the team.
The Toffees, who are now in 16th place in the Premier League, lost 1-0 to Bournemouth on Saturday without registering a shot on goal. This is their eighth league loss of the season, and they have lost eight of their previous ten games without scoring.
Would supporters embrace Moyes' return?
Toffee TV's Peter McPartland, an Everton supporter:
Since he was at Everton in the past and still has a strong affinity for the team, David Moyes is a little different. His continued success as a manager is demonstrated by his employment in the Premier League through the end of the previous campaign.
It would have to have restrictions, one of which would be that it would only be in effect for a period of 18 months.
"The supporters of Everton are now prepared for the person who will establish the football team.
"I believe that many fans are sad that things with Graham Potter didn't work out. We're prepared for the next destination. We cannot continue to hire managers to keep us afloat and then fire them when that strategy fails.
"Everton needs a manager like that, in my opinion, but if the Friedkins brought Moyes in, it would be equivalent to sending Claudio Ranieri back to Roma.
"It's a warm blanket to keep everyone cosy for the next few months to hopefully get us away from the relegation zone but it will be difficult to convince some fans, I must say."
