BY OSABUOHIEN VIVIAN ROSE
David Moyes has been appointed as Everton manager for a second time.
The 61-year-old Scot has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract at Goodison Park following Sean Dyche’s sack on Thursday.
Everton are 16th in the Premier League – one point clear of the relegation zone – with only three wins from 19 games this season.
“I enjoyed 11 wonderful and successful years at Everton and didn’t hesitate when I was offered the opportunity to rejoin this great club,” said Moyes.
“Now we need Goodison and all Evertonians to play their part in getting behind the players in this important season so we can move into our fabulous new stadium as a Premier League team.”
Moyes managed Everton from 2002 until 2013 before spells in charge of Manchester United, Real Sociedad, Sunderland and, twice, West Ham.
He has been out of work since leaving West Ham, where he won the Europa Conference League in 2023, at the end of last season.
From relegation fight to Champions League – the first Everton spell
Moyes spent 11 years at Everton before leaving to take charge of United as Sir Alex Ferguson’s successor in the summer of 2013.
Following a four-year spell at Preston, he joined Everton in March 2002, with the Toffees in danger of relegation.
Moyes won his first match and went on to take charge of more than 500 games.
In 2009, Everton reached the FA Cup final and finished in the top eight of the Premier League nine times, including fourth in 2004-05, which took them into Champions League qualifying.
Moyes gave Wayne Rooney his professional debut and signed several players who would become Everton greats, including Tim Cahill and Marouane Fellaini.
