Arriving early at Everton's Finch Farm training ground, Sean Dyche's first port of call is usually the gym before his time is swallowed up by meetings, training and analysis. You can't blame him. If any job requires clearing your head at 7.30am to face the challenges ahead, it's being Everton manager. The demands of navigating an English sporting institution through financial crisis and fans' discontent should carry its own health warning.
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Even now, with light at the end of the tunnel following the Friedkin's Group buy-out of Farhad Moshiri, a different pressure awaits — that of keeping his job. It would be natural for new owners, particularly those moving into a glitzy stadium, as Everton are next season, to want their own man in the hotseat. Dyche must know what a tightrope-walker feels like as he prepares for Saturday's trip to Bournemouth.
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A month or so ago, when he was rudely barracked from the family enclosure at Goodison Park, it was assumed the 'Ginger Mourinho' wouldn't even survive to the end of his contract this summer. He was then widely praised for draws against Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City before a miserable home defeat against Nottingham Forest on Sunday put him back to square one. Billionaire owner and stunt pilot Dan Friedkin has a massive decision to make in the coming weeks.
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