Sam Allardyce was never expected to be a long-term solution to Everton’s managerial malaise, but there is no doubting that the veteran Premier League manager has fulfilled his MO.

Everton were teetering above the relegation zone when he came in at the end of November, having won just three games all season despite spending £130m on players last summer.

The Allardyce bounce effect has worked to a certain extent, though, with Everton seven points clear of the drop with ten games remaining.

The formerly disgraced England boss has always performed better in his first 10 games at a club than that club’s previous 10 games, and Everton owner Farhad Moshiri will need to think hard before releasing Allardyce from his 18-month contract in the summer.

But that is exactly what Moshiri is planning to do, with Diego Simeone and Luis Enrique being discussed as potential replacements for the current man in charge.

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