Everton’s sacking of Sean Dyche is a ‘legitimate concern’ as the judgement on Farhad Moshiri’s ‘capital infusion’ position is rendered.
According to Paul Brown, it is a “valid concern” at Everton that firing Sean Dyche would be too costly even if the poor performances persist.
Speaking to GIVEMESPORT on September 20, the former Daily Star journalist stated that “it is a fact” that the club is “struggling” to pay the bills on time each month, and that without a “capital injection” from the owner, a change may be impossible, as Farhad Moshiri appears unwilling to provide such an injection any longer.
Everton has one point from a possible 15 so far this season, scoring in only one of their five Premier League games.
“It is a fact that Everton are struggling to pay their bills on time every month, and sacking Dyche would obviously cost quite a lot of money,” Brown remarked. It’s difficult to see how you’d be able to do that without a money investment from the owner.
“And it doesn’t appear that the owner is willing to do so.” Because he plainly wants to sell and get out as soon as possible. So Dyche may continue even if Everton’s run worsens simply because sacking him now would be too expensive. That is a legitimate issue.”
By default, it is safe.
With the proposed sale of the club from Moshiri to 777 Partners still pending, it appears that the only way Dyche can be fired is if his presence undermines the takeover.
He simply isn’t the type of manager to purposely rock the boat in such a way as to destabilize the position, and the consequences could scarcely be worse, so it’s reasonable that he stays in place at least until there is an answer one way or the other on ownership.
The question will presumably be raised again once it is clear who is leading the club from the top, but 777 Partners are thought to be satisfied with Dyche and Kevin Thelwell [The Athletic, 18 September], so unless the situation deteriorates dramatically over the next three months, they both may be afforded a honeymoon period anyway.
If the takeover fails for any reason, Moshiri’s unwillingness or inability to invest further money in the club after the £750 million he is reported to have spent during his tenure as manager will remain a major issue.
Aside from the cost, the issue is who would currently take the Everton position as a serious candidate to fix the situation.
If Moshiri continues in charge, any manager would know he wants out as quickly as possible, thus their status might alter.
On paper, it appears that a takeover is required before a managerial change is feasible, both inside and externally.
Dyche is working in an impossible circumstances, but he should be delivering more than he has so far this season, and it appears like he will have the time to do so.
In other Everton news, Moshiri is said to have previously rejected a low-cost stadium finance alternative when it was available, according to previously unknown facts.
About The Author
Leave a Reply