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Everton sack Sean Dyche, name club captain as interim player-manager

Sean Dyche, former Everton football club coach Sean Dyche, former Everton football club coach
Sean Dyche's Everton have won just three out 19 league game this season are just one point above the relegation zone

Everton have sacked Sean Dyche as the club’s manager.

The Merseyside club announced the dismissal of the 53-year-old English manager in a statement on Thursday.

Everton also dismissed Ian Woan, Steve Stone, Mark Howard and Billy Mercer — members of Dyche’s crew.

The club said Seamus Coleman, the team’s captain, will temporarily take charge of first-team affairs alongside Leighton Baines, Everton’s U-18 head coach.

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“The process to appoint a new manager is under way and an update will be provided in due course,” the statement reads.

Dyche leaves his post a few hours before Everton played Peterborough in the third round of the FA Cup.

On Saturday, Everton suffered their eighth league defeat of the season following a 1-0 league loss to Bournemouth. The result left the Toffees in 16th position, just one point from relegation places as Everton fights against the drop in consecutive seasons.

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Dyche is the second EPL manager sacked within two days following the exit of Julen Lopetegui from West Ham United on Wednesday and the sixth this season.

The manager saved Everton from relegation last season despite an eight-point deduction. He leaves after almost two years at Goodison Park.

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