Moyes emerges as new addition to Newcastle's shortlist

[Cunny]

I believe this is in a lot of the papers

 

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1735512,00.html

 

Moyes emerges as new addition to Newcastle's shortlist

 

Dominic Fifield and Michael Walker

Tuesday March 21, 2006

The Guardian

 

 

The Everton manager David Moyes emerged as a possible candidate for the vacant Newcastle United managerial role yesterday with the club's first choice to succeed Graeme Souness, Martin O'Neill, due for talks with the Football Association this week about becoming the next manager of England.

Moyes is only 15 months into a new four-year contract with Everton, who have turned around their season in recent months after a disastrous start, sure to strongly resist any attempts to lure their manager of four years from Goodison Park. Sources on Merseyside suggest the Scot has been earmarked as a candidate with the Newcastle board impressed by his side's achievement in finishing fourth in the Premiership last season, reaching the qualifying rounds of the Champions League in the process, and by the manner in which they have recovered from a dismal start to the season.

 

Everton were in the bottom three before Christmas and, having lost the Merseyside derby 3-1 on December 28, appeared set for a struggle to preserve their top flight status. However, they have since gained 26 points from a possible 33 and playing European football next season is now a distince possibility.

It remains to be seen whether Newcastle are prepared to make a formal bid for Moyes' services. A further complication would be the level of compensation Everton would seek should their manager be lured away. Newcastle have already been forced to make a reported £5m pay-off to Souness and his backroom staff to add to the £2m they paid to Blackburn Rovers to take him and his assistant, Dean Saunders, from Ewood Park in the first place.

 

Moyes has not previously been mentioned as a contender at St James' Park but, as Newcastle's initial meeting with O'Neill some weeks ago may not have produced the reassurances either party was looking for, the north-east club will clearly have to examine their options.

 

Given that they do not want to appoint a foreign manager, it is natural for Newcastle to consider leading British candidates and Moyes, like O'Neill, Sam Allardyce at Bolton Wanderers and Paul Jewell at Wigan Athletic, has a track record of success beyond expectations given the available resources.

 

Neither can Newcastle's current caretaker manager Glenn Roeder be ruled out entirely. He had stressed his lack of ambition to take the role full-time when appointed immediatly after the sacking of Souness but results, and the atmosphere around St James' Park, have since improved considerably.

[jimmylibel]

I'll refuse to believe this until Sean gives it to us as a tip (after being indirectly fed by dodgy bookie leaks).

[Gilps]

Wasn't one tactically limited, paranoid Scot with a bunker mentality enough for them?

[Benitez]

Toon and Blues**** have issued a statment saying this is bollllllorks.

 

On their 'ICNewcastle' website, the Toon journo reckons Allardyce may be the one, which is nice

[Gilps]

A media whore who has never won anything yet has a vastly over inflated opinion of his own standing in the game? He'd be perfect for them.