Everton interim manager David Unsworth has outlined his blueprint for a post-Ronald Koeman future at Goodison Park and insisted it wouldn’t be a gamble to give him the job full-time.

Unsworth, a member of the club’s last trophy-winning side in 1995, has said he wants his team to play on the front foot and admitted he won’t try to squeeze Wayne Rooney, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Davy Klaassen into the same line-up.

The 44-year-old insisted ahead of Sunday's game at Leicester that his knowledge of the club offsets a lack of senior managerial experience compared with the likes of Sean Dyche, Carlo Ancelotti and Brendan Rodgers.

David Unsworth spoke of his plan to play more attacking football at Everton this season

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‘I don’t think I’m a gamble at all,’ said Unsworth. ‘I am a realist, not a dreamer, but I do know the club inside-out.’

Unsworth’s first game in temporary charge came in a 2-1 Carabao Cup defeat at Chelsea on Wednesday and it was notable that wingers Kevin Mirallas, Aaron Lennon and Ademola Lookman all featured having been overlooked by Koeman. ‘I like playing with width.

I like crossing the ball. I like creating opportunities,’ said Unsworth. ‘I like to play on the front foot and getting in people’s faces within a structured team plan. It’s what has worked well for me as a coach. I know this club and know that particularly at Goodison Park you have to play on the front foot.’

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Unsworth looks unlikely to play Rooney, Sigurdsson and Klaassen together on Sunday. He said: ‘I think they are all good players. Can they all play in the team at the same time? Probably not. If you played in a certain style and certain way, you could fit them in.

'But what I really want to do is play players in the right positions and play them where they are comfortable.

‘I certainly wouldn’t want to be moving players into unfamiliar positions too often. Sometimes you have to and I get that. But certainly I want to give our players the best opportunity to win games which is playing in the right positions.’

While he would undoubtedly be a popular choice among the Everton fanbase, owner Farhad Moshiri will be anxious about his lack of senior managerial experience.

Whoever is the next permanent manager at Everton will have midfielder Idrissa Gueye for the long-term. The Senegal star, available after suspension, has signed a new contract to 2021.