Premier League club fires coach three hours before game

The Everton FC said coach on Thursday shortly before the kick-off of a cup game Sean Dyche separated. That gave the table 16th. the English one Premier League just under three hours before kick-off of the FA Cup game against Third division team Peterborough announced in a brief statement. U18 coach Leighton Baines and team captain Seamus Coleman will look after the team on an interim basis.

Everton had last just one his recent eleven league games won and is only in the table one point away from a relegation zone. British media had been speculating about a change of coach for days, also because the club has new owners. Recently, the Friedkin Group – also owner of the AS Roma in Italy – took over the troubled club from Liverpool.

Mourinho and Moyes on the candidate list

According to rumors, the one released at Roma applies Jose Mourinho at Everton as a coaching candidate. The 61-year-old stands by Fenerbahce Istanbul under contract, but is said to be unhappy in Turkey. Mourinho is said to want a return to the Premier League, where he already is Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur trained.

Also the former Everton coach David Moyeswho shaped a successful era at the “Toffees” from 2002 to 2013 and most recently spent five years at West Ham United was under contract, is reported in the British media.