Former Everton defender Alan Stubbs, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live about the Toffees' survival chances and David Moyes' return as manager: "I think this Everton squad is slightly better than last season and I just look at the teams below, even though they have picked up points, I still do think there are three teams worse than Everton.

David Moyes had never given up hope that Everton would summon him back but after the years of dreaming, the three or four times he came close to the job, the night he was told he had it, only to be informed the following morning it was instead going to Carlo Ancelotti,

David Moyes is on the hunt for a goal scorer to boost Everton's chances of avoiding Premier League relegation this season.

Everton manager David Moyes admits that his team need to take chances when they come their way after Dominic Calvert-Lewin squandered an inviting opportunity to grab a stoppage time equaliser in the 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa at Goodison Park.

Everton manager David Moyes believes there is no shortage of commitment within his squad but knows what it really needs is an injection of quality as he is already "burnt out" searching for a solution to their goalscoring problems.

David Moyes suffered defeat on his return to Everton, with the new manager confessing the club's financial issues are clear to see when you analyse the state of the squad

"Obviously it's been a bit of a whirlwind. Sean Dyche left a group of players that have great character and a great attitude, I'm really pleased to take over that. What I need to do is add quality and find a way of getting results but you can't change the whole thing around straight away.