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the club inside out. I know the fans inside out and the demands of what is needed.”

And Unsworth, 44, will want to conjure up the kind of spirit that Joe Royle fostered when Everton lifted the FA Cup in 1995.

With John Ebbrell and Duncan Ferguson also alongside their former team-mate, there will be no shortage of Everton experience.

And Unsworth is also ready to lean on boyhood Blue Wayne Rooney for his expertise as he tries to instil the kind of Everton values that were beyond Koeman.

Unsworth said: “You have to scrap for every Premier League point. But I know what our fans demand and we will give them that.”