Sam Allardyce admits Everton job ‘just didn’t feel right’ as he points finger at the club for ‘hesitating’ over appointment
Big Sam was one of four candidates identified by Toffees chiefs, along with Sean Dyche, Marco Silva and David Unsworth
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SAM ALLARDYCE says he withdrew from the running to be Everton boss after the club took too long over their decision to appoint a him.
Big Sam was one of four candidates identified by Toffees chiefs, along with Sean Dyche, Marco Silva and caretaker boss David Unsworth.
Allardyce was sounded out by major shareholder Farhad Moshiri a fortnight ago.
And there was support from ex-Leicester talent spotter Steve Walsh, who was keen to bring in Allardyce with former Foxes boss Craig Shakespeare as assistant.
But Allardyce was only considered as a short-term option by Moshiri and wanted to bring his own staff to Goodison Park.
Big Sam revealed: "It never materialised as I thought it would, unfortunately.
"For me such a long time without a decision, I had to make a decision myself.
"The decision was it was probably better it wasn’t me, and I’d move on to something else.
"It would have been a fabulous job, but it just didn’t feel right.
"I think when you’re sat in my position you want people to be decisive and feel like they want you.
"I didn’t get that feeling overall. They were hesitating that I was the man."
Clarets boss Dyche remains an option but Unsworth and Watford manager Silva remain favourites for the job.
NO SILVA LINING Watford reject Everton’s approach to hold talks with manager Marco Silva
The Hornets have rejected an approach for Silva, who could triple his £1.5million salary at Goodison.
Unsworth could be handed the role until the end of the season after overseeing an impressive comeback in the Toffees' last Prem game against Watford.
