Chronicle EditorLONDON. – Former Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs has expressed his interest in the vacant managerial positions at English Premier League soccer sides Leicester City and Everton. But chairman Bill Kenwright and a significant number of Everton’s players are understood to want the club’s Under-23s manager David Unsworth to get the job full-time, Sky Sports News understands.
Unsworth was yesterday confirmed in temporary charge for the second time, having held the reins in 2016 after the departure of Roberto Martinez. And Unsworth says he wants to be Ronald Koeman’s replacement on a full-time basis.
“Who wouldn’t want the job?” Unsworth said yesterday. I spent the afternoon with the chairman yesterday and we spoke everything Everton,” Unsworth told a news conference. The chairman has given me an opportunity to hopefully get a run of games where hopefully performance levels go up. From that, performances will dictate any future for me as Everton manager. I want to manage and this is an amazing club to be manager of. I make no secret of it. We had a great session this morning, the players were fine, they were buzzing. The players reacted straight away.”
The 44-year old is highly regarded at Goodison Park and will be in the dugout starting with tonight’s Carabao Cup match at Chelsea. Chairman Kenwright is well aware that Everton’s finest hours post-war have come when Everton have been managed by a former player, including the likes of Joe Royle, Howard Kendall and Harry Catterick. Owner Farhad Moshiri, however, is thought to prefer a more established manager, who has experience at the highest levels of European football, with former Bayern Munich boss Carlo Ancelotti fitting that bill.- Reuters.
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