Sean Dyche has emerged as the clear favourite to become the next Everton manager and could be appointed as early as today.
The former Burnley boss was a frontrunner along with Marcelo Bielsa, who flew into the UK on Thursday for talks with club chiefs. Bielsa was understood to be majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri's initial first choice but emphasis on the hiring process was placed on Mr Moshiri, the Everton board and director of football Kevin Thelwell reaching a team decision.
Bookmakers slashed the odds on Dyche taking over at Goodison Park amid reports he was set to get the job on Friday morning. Those in charge at the club have been keen to make a quick appointment in order to give the new manager as much time as possible to prepare for Everton's next game, against Arsenal a week on Saturday, and to have some influence in the final days of the January transfer window.
