The former Portugal striker Luis Boa Morte is to become the assistant manager of Everton.

Boa Morte will be number two to Marco Silva to replace Joao Pedro Sousa who has left the Premier League club to become coach of Portuguese side Famalicao.

Sousa has been Silva’s long-term assistant but will be succeeded by Boa Morte who played for Arsenal, Southampton, Fulham and West Ham United during a long career in the Premier League and is currently assistant manager at the Israeli club Maccabi Haifa.

Silva worked with Boa Morte during his time at Sporting Lisbon in 2014-15. Boa Morte coached the club’s Under-19s and the pair have remained friends since then and are now set to be reunited at Goodison Park.

Boa Morte, who also coached the Portuguese side Sintrense, is expected to sign a two-year deal which tallies with the two years that Silva has left on his contract at Everton.

Meanwhile Everton are still waiting to hear whether they will be able to sign Andre Gomes from Barcelona on a permanent deal.

The Portuguese midfielder has spent the season on loan at Everton, where he has impressed, but it is understood that an option to buy was not agreed as part of the deal to bring him to the club from Barcelona.