Sean Dyche has left his role as Everton manager on the eve of their game with Peterborough United on Thursday night and after less than 12 months in charge.
The 53-year-old’s exit comes less than a month after The Friedkin Group (TFG) completed their takeover of the Merseyside club, ending former owner Farhard Moshiri’s reign.
Dyche, who succeeded Frank Lampard in the Goodison Park dugout in January 2023, has left five days after Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth, where Everton failed to register a shot on target.
Former defender Leighton Baines, the club’s professional development coach and Under 18s coach, will take charge of this evening’s game at Goodison Park alongside Seamus Coleman.
Speaking before his side’s FA Cup third-round tie against Peterborough on Thursday, Dyche, who would have been out of contract at the end of the season, admitted his position “should be” under review despite previously holding “positive” conversations with TFG.
The defeat by Bournemouth extended Everton’s winless run to five matches and means they have failed to score in eight of their last 10 league matches.
Everton are 16th in the Premier League standings, with 17 points and three victories from their opening 19 matches of the season.
Last campaign, Dyche kept Everton in the Premier League despite the club twice being deducted points for breaching the league’s profitability and sustainability rules (PSR).
The former Chesterfield and Millwall defender began his managerial career with Watford. He spent a season in charge at Vicarage Road before joining Burnley, where he spent the best part of a decade in charge.
Dyche led Burnley to the most successful period in its history, delivering six uninterrupted seasons of Premier League football before being dismissed in 2022.
After Peterborough, Everton return to Premier League action at home to Aston Villa on Wednesday, January 15.
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