• Portuguese was preferred candidate back in October
• Board to meet about Allardyce and Rooney in midweek
Sam Allardyce is set to leave Everton this week with the former Watford and Hull City manager Marco Silva a leading candidate to replace him.
Allardyce is scheduled to meet Everton’s major shareholder, Farhad Moshiri, in the coming days and his departure is expected to be announced by the end of the week. Allardyce is six months into the 18-month contract he secured in November and oversaw an eighth-place finish in the Premier League. But fierce opposition to his management style among the club’s supporters, allied to the hierarchy’s desire for a fresh start following a dreadful season, is likely to result in the 63-year-old leaving with a final year’s pay-off of around £6m.
Written by Andy Hunter
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/14/everton-likely-marco-silva-sam-allardyce-rooney under the title “Everton set to let Sam Allardyce go and target Marco Silva as successor”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
