Everton board split over handing job to Allardyce

EVERTON’S board are due to meet today with key figures said to be split over whether to offer Sam Allardyce the vacant manager’s job.

Former England manager Allardyce met Everton owner Farhad Moshiri on Sunday but there has been no contact since.

Moshiri’s seeming desire to lure Atletico Madrid’s Diego Simeone would not have impressed Allardyce, 63, who told one radio station he had not been contacted by the club. Allardyce, Burnley’s Sean Dyche and Watford’s Marco Silva have all been identified as possible replacements for Ronald Koeman, who was sacked by Everton on October 23.

Caretaker David Unsworth is another contender for the full-time post.

Some among Everton’s hierarchy do see the logic in appointing Allardyce. He not only has a fine record for Premier League survival but he is also available.