Everton boss Sean Dyche discovers his fate as £500m takeover edges closer

Everton are hoping for their takeover by The Friedkin Group to go through before Christmas, but there had been questions over Sean Dyche’s future following a tough start to the season

Sean Dyche looks set to keep his job at Everton, with the Toffees set to undergo a £500million takeover.

Current owner Farhad Moshiri is desperate to sell his 94 per cent stake in the club. Moshiri has previously held talks with KAM Group, MSP Sports Capital and 777 Partners but all of those potential deals collapsed.

A deal with The Friedkin Group (TFG) does look set to go through though, with the Americans now planning for life in charge on Merseyside. They already own Roma, bankrolling the club’s run to winning the Europa Conference League in 2022.

Dyche’s side remain in trouble though despite the weekend win over Crystal Palace. And their struggles had left the Englishman’s future in some doubt, with the new owners showing their ruthless streak at Roma.

But according to The Sun, TFG have now committed to giving Dyche ‘significant transfer funds’ in the January window. Representatives of the Americans have held talks with Everton sporting director Kevin Thelwell over the past week.

In those talks, Thelwell has been provided assurances there will be cash for Dyche and himself to spend. Everton are hoping for the takeover deal to be completed before Christmas, allowing them extra spending power in the winter window.

TFG are ready to spend heavily at the Toffees, like they have done at Roma, provided the club remain within the Premier League’s PSR limits. That concern comes from the double points deduction Everton were hit with last season.

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But the club are confident they will not face any further charges and have room to sign players in January’s window. The decision to keep Dyche on will delight the boss, who recently made it clear he wanted to stay at the Toffees.

“Of course!” said the Everton boss. “What, to dig this out for 20-whatever-it-would-be-by-then months and them to go ‘cheers, thanks for looking after us, off you pop?’. There’s no divine right to just go ‘oh well, you’re definitely the person to do that’.

“If not, then that’s the way it goes. When I was at Watford I did a great job. Finished 11th, brought in £4million worth of players, spent £1million and I got removed from that because it was a complete change of business. I respected that.

“My point is I didn’t get removed because I’d done a good or bad job, I just got removed because their whole business model was different. I don’t know what their [Friedkin] business model is yet and no-one really does.

“I haven’t spoken to them so I’ll wait for news on that. It’s not a given that they speak to me, but you’d imagine they probably will at some point. My future’s not really relevant. I got brought to do a specific job I feel, especially looking backwards from where it was to where it is now. And I continue to work hard at that, that’s really my focus. The rest of it all will sort itself out.”

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