It’s ambitious, we’ll give him that.
You simply won’t meet a more hardcore Everton supporter than Tony Bellew.
A regular frequenter of Goodison Park, ‘Bomber’ claimed the WBC cruiserweight title at the Toffees’ home and he walks to the ring to the club’s anthem, Z-Cars, when fighting.
Bellew lives and breathes Everton so who better than the 34-year-old to ask for an opinion on who should succeed the recently dismissed Ronald Koeman in the Goodison dugout?
“There’s too many No.10’s in the team at the moment strolling around at the moment,” Bellew wrote in his Metro column. “I’ll tell you what though, Everton do not need an inexperienced manager.
“I’ve seen Phil Neville and Ryan Giggs mention themselves as candidates. I might as well throw my name in the hat then.
“I’d love to see David Unsworth do well, a local lad. But, we’re perceived as a billion pound club now… So why not go and break the bank and get Diego Simeone?”
Well that would certainly be something but the Atletico Madrid boss doesn’t even seem to be in the reckoning for the job, having recently extended his contract at the Wanda Metropolitano until 2020.
Caretaker manager David Unsworth is currently favourite for the job, while Sean Dyche and Thomas Tuchel are also top of the betting in relation to the permanent Everton position.
Koeman was sacked on Monday after an underwhelming start to the season and, considering the incredible amount of money spent in the summer, it was decided that a change was necessary.
“I can’t say I’m shocked,” Bellew said of Koeman’s dismissal.
“I never like to see any manager sacked, but football is a results based business and if you’re not getting results, you’re out of a job.
“I feel for Koeman and I don’t believe you become a bad manager over night, but you can’t stay in the job when Everton is in the relegation zone after nine games.
“If Premier League winning managers can be sacked in the second season like Jose Mourinho and Claudio Ranieri were, then no one is safe.”
