Sean Dyche gives verdict on shock Everton exit reports

Sean Dyche admits he has no problem with Everton reportedly planning for life after his tenure at Goodison Park - insisting "all good businesses should be succession planning".

In the build-up to Everton's must-win Premier League fixture against Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon, a report in the Daily Record claimed senior officials at Goodison Park were planning for life without the 51-year-old at the helm next season, regardless of whether he is successful in keeping the club in the Premier League.

Asked about such reports at Finch Farm on Friday, Dyche labelled the recent speculation as "interesting" but insisted he had no problem if that was to be the case.

"Well, it's fair to say interesting reports," said Dyche. "I'm not sure where they have come from, but at the end of the day good businesses should be succession planning.

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"I've got no problem with that, even if they [reports] were true. Because at the end of the day business is worldwide and who knows what's going to happen next? So everyone should be succession planning. So if that was the case, that's the way it goes. But I'll not be too worried about that."

The report from Record Sport claimed the Blues had made contact with Botafogo's Portuguese coach Luis Castro. The 61-year-old has previously managed FC Porto and Vitoria Guimaraes in his homeland before more recent stints at Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine and Qatar-based outfit Al-Duhail.

Dyche has been in charge of the Blues since he was drafted in as Frank Lampard's replacement in January with Everton sitting in the Premier League's bottom three and on the brink of their first relegation since 1951.

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