New director of football Kevin Thelwell is expected to start work at Everton this week but just what might his first tasks be in the role?
After the club held a strategic football review and decided to retain the position – as revealed in the ECHO – following Marcel Brands’ departure in December, less than eight months after he had penned a new contract until 2024, Thelwell becomes the third man to hold the title after it was first created for Steve Walsh in 2016.
The 48-year-old has previously held positions in English football at Preston North End, Derby County and Wolverhampton Wanderers – spending 12 years at the latter, the last three-and-a-half of which were as Sporting Director.
