Hours after West Ham sent coach Julen Lopetegui to the door, the “Ketchup effect” came. Everton’s new owners followed up by sacking Sean Dyche. In London, Graham Potter was directly appointed as the new West Ham manager, at Liverpool David Moyes was directly linked with a return as Everton manager. In addition, an old acquaintance was also linked to Goodison Park.
Everton owner Friedkin Group also owns AS Roma. The Americans brought in Mourinho as coach in 2021, the Americans sent the coaching legend out in 2024. Still, it should be a kind of pragmatic relationship, where Mourinho is considered relevant for the Everton job.
Mourinho has had an unharmonious exit at both Manchester United and Tottenham. The Athletic journalist David Ornstein threw himself over the phone to check if there was any truth to the rumor of Mourinho’s return to the ball island. The feedback was clearly that the foundations are not in place for a return to the Premier League as Everton manager.
When Mourinho was sacked by Friedkin at Roma, the Portuguese blurted out that “they don’t know anything about football”. According to Ornstein, we can forget about Mourinho as Everton coach, the parties are simply not interested in cooperating.
Case closed.
