Marco Silva was sacked by Everton yesterday after face-to-face talks with the owner Farhad Moshiri.

Duncan Ferguson, the first-team coach, has been put in temporary charge for tomorrow’s game at home to Chelsea. Everton plan to appoint a permanent successor to Silva as soon as possible, with candidates having already been targeted as Moshiri looks to make his fifth managerial appointment since May 2016.

David Moyes is among those under consideration, although not turning to their former manager immediately indicates that they are looking elsewhere. Vítor Pereira, the 51-year-old Portuguese coach of Shanghai SIPG in China, who has won trophies with Porto and Olympiacos, was last night emerging as a potential candidate for the position. He is also of interest to managerless Arsenal.

The move