Paper Round: Thomas Tuchel, Carlo Ancelotti, Sean Dyche – Everton’s big decision

Everton have sounded out Thomas Tuchel as their desired manager to take over from Ronald Koeman, according to the Mirror. Koeman was dismissed as Toffees boss on Monday after a poor start to the season, and now the Merseyside club are focusing their efforts on bringing former Borussia Dortmund manager Tuchel over to England.

The Daily Mail have leant their focus on Burnley manager Sean Dyche being the bookies favourite for the Everton job. Dyche has also been linked with the vacant Leicester job, meaning it’s decision time for 46-year-old.

A third paper has opted for a third name, with The Sun reporting that Everton want to talk to former Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti.

We covered the news on Monday that Ryan Giggs is interested in the vacant Everton and Leicester roles. The former Manchester United graces the Star’s back page…

Meanwhile, the Times report that David Unsworth, who will be taking temporary charge of Everton, wants the job on a permanent basis.

Paper Round’s view: The Everton job is an attractive prospect.

For Tuchel, he could well see this as an opportunity to announce himself to the Premier League, and let’s face it, unless he sinks the club further into the relegation mire, the German has the relatively simple task of steering the Toffees back up the table. Given their squad, that should be no issue, but it’s easier said than done.

For Dyche, it’s more difficult, particularly with Burnley flying high in eighth. It would certainly be interesting to see what Dyche is capable with a bigger budget and higher expectations.

For Ancelotti – no chance, surely?

For Giggs, it’s difficult to see the Welshman being offered a first managerial role at a Premier League club. Of course it has happened before, but it’s a risk Everton won’t likely take.

Finally, for Unsworth – he has the arguably enviable position of proving his worth in the role, and therefore the chance to convince the board that it’s not worth spending the big bucks it would take to lure over Ancelotti. It worked for Craig Shakespeare at Leicester, albeit for under a year, and while Unsworth can take positives from such appointments, the Everton hierarchy may look at Shakespeare’s dismissal as evidence that all does not end well when hiring from within.