Everton manager odds: Who are the favourite front-runners for the next Everton manager to replace sacked Sean Dyche?

After Sean Dyche’s difficult 2024–2025 season, the Friedkin Group opted to fire the “Ginger Mourinho” after completing their acquisition of the team. Who is going to take over?

Everton has been saved from relegation twice under Dyche’s leadership since January 2023. They received two point deductions for violating the profit and sustainability regulations in 2023–2024, the season in which they ended in 15th place.

Southampton eliminated them from the Carabao Cup on penalties, and the manager of Everton Dyche has presided over four losses and one draw from five Premier League games so far this season.

In September, manager Sean Dyche pulled himself out of danger after staging a mini-revival. As a consequence, he fell to 9/4 to become the first Premier League manager fired this season.

A deal to buy Farhad Moshiri’s controlling share in Everton was made on September 23, 2024, and the Friedkin Group (TFG) committed to stabilising the team and completing the transfer to the new Everton Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.

The announcement that the club had begun restructuring following the completion of the purchase in December brought Dyche back into the limelight. Recent findings were also unhelpful. Everton has now gone five games without a victory, their most recent victory coming in early December when they defeated Wolves 4-0. 

Dyche’s prospects began to deteriorate at the beginning of the week, and by Thursday afternoon, he was relieved of his duties following two straight losses to Forest and Bournemouth, as well as rumors of urgent negotiations with the incoming owners.

Below, we’ll examine a few possible managers who may be Everton’s next manager following the news of Dyche’s departure.

David Moyes – Odds: 1/2 – A possible return to Everton? He’s the current favourite to become the next Everton manager

After joining the team from Preston in 2002, David Moyes managed Everton for more than 11 years.

He left for Manchester United after leading the Toffees to four Premier League top-six finishes. and everyone knows how disastrous that was.

When he was demoted by Sunderland after failing to infuse Real Sociedad with energy, his career took a nosedive.

Then, however, two stints with West Ham brought his career back to life as he twice prevented relegation, produced two straight top-seven finishes, and, to top it all off, won the club’s first major trophy in forty-three years with the 2023 Europa Conference League trophy.

He departed the club after his contract expired in the summer of 2024, however, after considerable complaining from the supporters, who are a hard bunch to please in East London. According to reports, many supporters would be thrilled to see the 61-year-old again, and he would be amenable to an offer from Everton.

With TFG’s high goals, though, would this be a sensational return for Moyes and a power move for Everton at the same time?

Jose Mourinho – Odds: 7/4 – A Premier League legend & the second possible choice for the next manager of Everton

Following the Friedkin Group’s decision to fire Dyche, the Special One is now among the front-runners for the Everton position and the second favourite.

As the current head coach of Fenerbahce in Turkey, former Tottenham manager Mourinho is already criticising the management of the Suoper Lig.  Having already held a managerial position at top flight clubs in the Premier League table – Chelsea, Manchester United, and Tottenham – Mourinho’s return to the Premier League with Everton would be his sixth stint in it.

He has also said that he might be open to rejoining a Premier League team that is close to the bottom. Perhaps the Everton job has been teasing him for some time?

Given that TFG has previously fired him once from his position as AS Roma, a club they also control, this may be viewed as a somewhat odd move on their part.

Friedkin has been called “someone who knows little about football” by Mourinho in the past, and his firing at Roma was deemed “unjust.”

Lee Carsley – Odds: 5/1

In addition to playing more than 150 games for Everton, Carsley has been performing well while handling the England job.

Therefore, the bookies have decided to push him close to the top of the next Everton manager market and watch what occurs just in case. He’s as low as 3/1 for some, and as high as 12/1 for others. What do you think about Carsley taking over Everton following Dyche’s departure?

Paulo Fonseca – Odds: 12/1

Another candidate to replace Sean Dyche is Paulo Fonseca, who was given the boot by Italian giants AC Milan a few weeks ago.

He’s been connected to Everton and a number of other top tier positions in the past, but he still has a lot of management experience for a 51-year-old manager and still has to manage in the Premier League.

His previous 12 clubs under his leadership include Porto, Roma, Lille, and most recently, Serie A favourite AC Milan. The majority of his managerial achievements have been with Shakhtar Donetsk, where he has won three Ukrainian Premier League titles.

Despite being a “sexier” option than Moyes, he would be a major risk for a team trying to stay out of the relegation zone on his first spell in the Premier League.

Edin Terzic – Odds: 20/1

In the market for future managers, Terzic is emerging as the next Graham Potter. He is already enjoying great success in our upcoming Tottenham manager market and is being connected to everyone.

The 42-year-old led Borussia Dortmund to the Champions League final, but on the last day of the season, he lost the league title to Bayern Munich on goal differential.

Around Christmas, rumors that the former Borussia Dortmund manager was about to take Ange Postecoglou’s position at Tottenham began to persist. Everton is already beginning to sniff about him as well, though.

Gareth Southgate – Odds: 40/1

Since leaving the top position in England’s national team after losing the Euro 24 final, the former manager has been unemployed.

Although his club record was not as strong, he would carry with him an amazing record in international tournaments.

Even though it was more than 15 years ago, Southgate’s dismal 29% win percentage with the team and his relegation while in charge of Middlesbrough still loom large over him. His soporific style of football with England, particularly at Euro 2024, is another drawback. What if he draws the Toffees away from danger, though?