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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Rob Smyth

Champions, firefighters, snake-oil salesmen and now … Sean Dyche?

Sean Dyche’s name is in the frame too.
Sean Dyche’s name is in the frame too. Photograph: Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/Getty Images

MAKE A NOISE AND MAKE IT CLEAR

There’s more to Sean Dyche than meets the ear. His gravelly voice, which makes Phil Mitchell sound like a pubescent teenager in comparison, has reinforced the image of Dyche as somebody who is – to use some of the praise delivered by Social Media Disgrace Twitter’s finest in the last 48 hours – a dinosaur, a thug and a footballing caveman. Oh, and about to be the new Everton manager. Yes, Dyche is set to be appointed at Goodison Park, a decision that the club’s social accounts are expected to announce sometime next month, after Marcelo Bielsa decided not to take the job. Bielsa wanted to coach the U-21s for the rest of the season, allowing the younger players to become familiar with his methods, before taking over the first team in the summer. Everton, whose short-term needs are plentiful, declined.

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