Sean Dyche has suggested that Everton’s hierachy “made offers” to sign players in January after they failed to bring anyone in before Tuesday’s deadline.
The former Burnley manager has taken over at Everton with the club joint-bottom in the Premier League.
He was not Farhad Moshiri’s first-choice, as the controversial owner would have preferred to bring in ex-Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa but negotiations broke down.
Dyche, sacked by the Clarets last April after nearly 10 years at Turf Moor as the club headed towards relegation, joins with Everton engulfed in a civil war with supporters planning more protests against their perceived failure of the board to run the club correctly.
They are not the ideal ingredients with which to plot a path away from the bottom three, but Dyche, who accepts he may have to win over fans, is ready for the challenge.
“I’m a Marmite manager anyway – not everyone wants you,” he said at his first press conference.
“Possibly if it (the club) wasn’t in the shape it’s in I wouldn’t get the chance. I don’t mind that. I’m a custodian. I won’t be here forever but I’ll look after it.
“I’ve got to earn my spurs and I’m willing to put the hard yards in to earn their respect.
“I’m aware of the recent noise around the club but I’m learning about the Evertonians and the reasons why.
“One thing I know is they stand by their club, protect it and support it – my staff and players need that.”
Everton were the only Premier League club not to bring in any players during the January transfer window despite their need to inject life into their squad.
Numerous attempts were made to bring in players on deadline day, the day after Dyche was officially announced as manager, but they were beaten by other clubs or could not get deals over the line.
Despite criticism of their failure in the transfer market – Moshiri gave an interview last week in which he promised they would sign a striker – the former Clarets boss said it was not for the want of trying and he was happy to go with what they had.
“You can make promises, but you need to know the deal that makes them. Phone calls were made, the offers were made, it didn’t get to them, whatever the reason,” he added.
“We can have debates on why (but) I’m not going to sign players for the sake of it.
“They’ve got to be good enough to affect what we do.
“There’s good players here. They may not have shown, but we need to remind…
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