David Moyes sends Sean Dyche message as he makes Everton return revelation

Former Everton manager David Moyes has been speaking about the current situation at Goodison Park alongside another former Blues boss Sam Allardyce

David Moyes has backed current Everton manager Sean Dyche after the 3-0 opening day home loss to Brighton & Hove Albion. And the former Blues boss has also revealed he almost returned to Goodison Park on three occasions.

The 61-year-old was Everton’s manager between 2002-13, steering them to fourth place in 2004/05 – their highest Premier League finish to date – among nine top-half placings at a club who’d achieved just one over the previous decade.

And speaking exclusively on Footy Accumulators No Tippy Tappy Football podcast, Moyes said: “First of all, Dyche has done an unbelievable job for Everton – and we can all get off to a bad start.

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“Sometimes it’s better to get off to a bad start if you finish well. Brighton are a good team, and Everton actually did really well against Brighton last season.”

Moyes has previously spoken in detail about how close he was to returning to the Blues in 2019 before Carlo Ancelotti was sacked by Napoli and Farhad Moshiri chose to replace Marco Silva with the legendary Italian instead, prompting the Scot to go back to West Ham United.

But he has now revealed that wasn’t the only occasion that a sensational Goodison return was on the cards.

Moyes, who like ex-England manager Gareth Southgate, is now in a new role as a technical observer for UEFA, reporting back findings from matches to European football’s governing body, said: “Three times. I’d met Farhad Moshiri three times, and it looked like I was going to get the job, but it didn’t quite pay off. For different reasons, it didn’t quite happen.”