Why the adaptable David Moyes is the stabilising force Everton need Back at Goodison Park 11-and-a-half years after ending his highly successful first stint, the Scottish manager can restore the values that the club have lacked in his absence.
And if there are other causes, including building Bramley-Moore Dock and the loss of Alisher Usmanov’s sponsorship and financial input, if the one element of Everton that is better now than in 2013 is the new stadium that long looked a necessity, in other respects Moyes returns to a club in a far worse position than he left it.
David Moyes was in his thirties when first appointed Everton manager.
Moyes is the ninth manager since Moyes himself, not counting the four old Evertonians who have served as caretaker.
While Everton have made a transfer-market profit over the last five years, it was an unwanted and enforced correction after the wild overspending of the first half of Farhad Moshiri’s ownership.
