Everton struck gold selling £14m flop who’s now worth less than Doucoure….

Everton have turned a proverbial page since Christmas, with new owners, The Friedkin Group, dismissing Sean Dyche after the resilient manager conceded that he had taken the Toffees as far as he could.

Then came David Moyes. The Scottish tactician had won the Conference League with West Ham United – in the second of three successive European campaigns – but left at the end of the 2023/24 season. He took a sabbatical of sorts, but the pull of Goodison Park at its swansong was too much to resist.

Moyes had already led Everton across 11 seasons and 518 matches before taking the plunge as Sir Alex Ferguson’s successor at Old Trafford in 2013.