LAST UPDATE | 5 Dec 2019
MARCO SILVA HAS been sacked as Everton manager.
He leaves the club languishing in the Premier League’s relegation zone as a result of a wretched start to the season. Everton have collected just 14 points from 15 games thus far, winning just four games.
Silva was appointed to the job in May 2018, but leaves having taken charge of just 60 games, winning 24 of them.
He is the fourth Premier League boss to lose his job in the last fortnight, following Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham), Unai Emery (Arsenal) and Quique Sanchez Flores (Watford.)
Everton confirmed the news with a brief statement this evening, which reads:
“Everton Football Club can confirm that manager Marco Silva has left the Club.
“Majority Shareholder Farhad Moshiri, Chairman Bill Kenwright and the Board of Directors would like to thank Marco for his service over the last 18 months and wish him well for the future.
“Duncan Ferguson has taken temporary charge of the first team and will manage the side for the game against Chelsea on Saturday.
“The Club aims to confirm a new permanent manager as swiftly as possible.”
🔵 | Everton Football Club can confirm that manager Marco Silva has left the Club. #EFC pic.twitter.com/R2JqAMBdu2
— Everton (@Everton) December 5, 2019
Silva had been given a reprieve after a home loss to Norwich but the 5-2 hammering in the Merseyside derby against Liverpool last night ultimately have sealed his fate. It was Everton’s eighth defeat from their last 11 games.
Not only was Silva the first Everton manager since Howard Kendall in 1982 to concede five goals to their bitter city rivals, they find themselves in the bottom three after playing a minimum of 15 games for the first time since April 1999 (32 matches).
Silva – whilst never the most cheerful or emotional figure on the touchline – cut a dejected figure during the match at Anfield.
“I am not the right person to talk about this situation,” he told the BBC after the game.
“You are asking me and I don’t have the answer.”
Potential successors are thin on the ground with veteran David Moyes touted as a likely temporary stop-gap.
The 56-year-old Scot earned his managerial top flight spurs at Everton, but has had a chequered career since.
Fired both by Manchester United and Real Sociedad, he has hardly sparkled at either Sunderland or West Ham.
Silva’s failure represents a blow to owner Farhad Moshiri as well as he had fought long and hard to procure his services.
Indeed Everton got themselves into trouble when they went after Silva in October 2017 when he was still in charge of Watford.
Silva was the fourth manager of Moshiri’s spell in charge.
If the semi’s are anything to go by, this should make it a cracking final.
It will be an amazing match and a night to remember!
Is this the World Cup final If so it’s been very low key, Come on USA!!
Any chance of your number Hil? You sound exactly like my type
The motivator (Klopp)
vs.
the tactician (heynckes)
The tactician to to win in the end, Bayern 3-1 and muller (as always) first scorer.
Should be a great game, I hope Dortmund can do it!
Gundogen versus Schweiny. In already getting tent pants just thinking about it.
Hillary if you keep going you might get that lovely arm of yours around your neck !!
Only joking.
Dortmund 7-2. I wonder hmmmm
Think bayern will beat them 3-1 that’s my bet for the match
Those were two worthy winners up there, though both sides had aging players and disappeared off the radar after those successes. Great to see them back again.
@ Denis
The Germans shouldn’t get too carried away.
Meaning: Don’t start boasting, try to be modest. And they are fairly modest about it all.
You took this in the wrong way and then went on from there.
…There’s always one trying to rain on the parade.
Who is trying to rain on the parade…..
The Germans shouldn’t get too carried away.
We’ve already had an all-Spanish, Italian and English final.
Real Madrid vs. Valenica, AC Milan vs. Juventus, Man Utd vs. Chelsea.
Barcelona, Man Utd and the other big boys will be back next year…..
Who’s getting carried away? All they said was its great to have an all German final!
They didn’t declare they are the worlds greatest league like so many players and commentators in England do, nor did they mention anything about next year…
There’s always one trying to rain on the parade, just enjoy the spectacle of two very attacking teams trying to dismantle each other!