David Moyes set for sensational Everton return - following "difficult day"

David Moyes looks set to make a sensational return to Everton - amid reports club bosses are meeting him after sacking Sean Dyche.

The decision came just hours before their FA Cup tie with Peterborough, which saw Leighton Baines and club captain Seamus Coleman step into the dugout.

Starting with an XI Dyche had picked, the team defeated League One Peterborough with Beto scoring in the 42nd minute and Iliman Ndiaye adding a stoppage-time penalty, and Baines said: "I thought their application was brilliant.

"I thought they understood that - we spoke to them before the game - losing managers and coaches isn't what anyone wants, that normally means something hasn't gone quite right, and that's never on one person, it's on a lot of people that are involved in it.

"The players knew they had to try to show something in terms of a response to it, and they did. They tried to play with energy and do the right things, and they played against a team that likes to play a lot of football as well. It was a nice challenge."

Baines said the day had been "definitely difficult", adding: "A manager losing his job isn't good and it normally follows a difficult period, not just a difficult day, and it has been that.

"But I think within all of that there's definitely now got to be hope and optimism. That's something we've spoken about today. Things are changing, the football club, the ownership, the stadium.

"The manager's had to leave and that's not what anyone wants. But there will be a new manager coming in and that brings opportunity."

When Baines, who played for the club under Moyes, was asked how he would feel about the Scot coming back, he said: "I don't want to get too dragged into discussion about who the right man is.

"All I can do is speak (about) David Moyes because I played for him, and he was a great coach to play for. He's a good man. But as far as who's the right man for the job and all that, I don't want to get dragged into all that."

Baines added: "I think the football club is in a situation where it definitely wants some stability, and I think that's been the message from the owners when they came in. I think it's stability, and everyone would gladly accept that at the moment.

"I think we've been through a lot the last few years and more, whether it's managerial changes and all the things that have happened. So I think that and progress, and then let's see where it takes us."

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