Jose Mourinho: Reported Everton target 'no different' to Sean Dyche, says Paul Merson
Jose Mourinho has been linked with the Everton job; Sean Dyche has been sacked by the Premier League club; the former Chelsea manager and current Fenerbahce boss has become one of the bookmakers' favourites to move to Goodison Park; Everton are 16th, one point above the bottom three
Thursday 9 January 2025 17:02, UK
I'm a big fan of Jose Mourinho. He's been an amazing manager over the years, one of the all-time greats but I don't see how this Everton job ticks the box.
Everton are in a massive, massive relegation fight. I think it's out of them and Ipswich to go down. Mourinho needs to be higher up the league than hanging around fifth bottom.
I just don't see how Mourinho does any differently to Sean Dyche. I don't see any difference in that. He's a massive name in football but I'd be careful with that one.
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They're not scoring a lot of goals but it's not like Mourinho is going to come in and they're going to be free-flowing.
He had the best Chelsea team of all time and they weren't free-flowing. Winning 1-0, 2-0 every week, never letting in a goal, but Dyche doesn't let in too many goals either. It's a strange one for me. I think it's the owners wanting a massive football name.
If any job came up in the bottom three or four in the league, Dyche would get it because if anybody's going to get you out of trouble, he is.
If you're going to bring someone in to take Dyche's place, you have to bring in someone who has thick skin, like Mourinho. You have to bring in someone who's going to do it his way but there aren't many of them around.
I have a lot of respect for Dyche because he does it his way and doesn't listen to the crowd or think he's got to go gung-ho. He says: 'this is my team and we'll be hard to beat'.
They played three of the biggest teams in the country in Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City and drew three games. But then in the next minute, they go and they lose at home to Nottingham Forest and then Bournemouth. Instead of being three undefeated, it becomes four and five without a win.
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