Everton have appointed Marco Silva as their new manager with the 40-year-old’s commitment to “attractive, attacking football” convincing the club he is the right man to replace Sam Allardyce.
Silva signed a three-year contract with the Goodison Park club on Thursday having been the first choice of Farhad Moshiri, Everton’s major shareholder, to succeed Allardyce since his sacking just over a fortnight ago.
Moshiri had wanted the Portuguese coach to succeed Ronald Koeman in October but Watford rejected Everton’s advances for their new manager and potential compensation of over £10m.
Watford then sacked Silva in January, blaming an “unwarranted approach” for a loss of focus and downturn in results.
The former Estoril, Sporting Lisbon, Olympiakos, Hull City and Watford manager is Moshiri’s third permanent appointment in just over two years at Goodison.
He has spent around £30m in pay-offs to managers and compensation to other clubs in that period. Silva is joined at Everton by assistant manager João Pedro, goalkeeping coach Hugo Olivera, technical scout Antonis Lemonakis and fitness coach Pedro Conceição. Duncan Ferguson will remain part of the coaching team.
Marco Silva appointed Everton manager
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