It is ten seasons and counting for David Moyes, the Bill Murray of the Premier League who endures groundhog years. With the sale of Jack Rodwell to Manchester City, the Scot may have reached the stage where he feels the need to kidnap the club mascot and drive his car into a quarry, only to find when he wakes that he is still manager of Everton.
Okay, so there are worse jobs in life, and maybe in the right light Bill Kenwright resembles Andie MacDowell. But the frustration of perpetually lacking the cash needed to take the next step or to keep the top prospects must be wearing.
The chances of Moyes making a step up are receding, his best hope perhaps being a disastrous performance by whoever succeeds Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger, but time is running out for that. He was linked with the suddenly vacant Tottenham job but that went to a far younger man. Perhaps Moyes, still only 49, is resigned to his lot and is busy taking piano lessons.
Continue reading about Everton’s coveted manager and why Football 365 believe Everton have a genuine chance to challenge outside of the top four.
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