West Ham are back on the hunt for a “high-calibre” manager after opting not to extend the contract of David Moyes.

Moyes reached the end of his short-term contract with the club at the end of the season.

Everton have sacked Sam Allardyce less than six months after appointing him to get them out of trouble.

Sam Allardyce’s five-and-a-half-month reign at Everton could end later today with Marco Silva being lined up for the Goodison Park hot-seat.

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Daniel Storey on the weekend’s big talking points...

Don’t worry, I’m not expecting sympathy. The real cost of relegation comes when you see a flood of staff members with their lives packed into cardboard boxes that they pack into banged up old cars

Our man inside the game on the managerial survivors postponing football’s future.

Theo Walcott's second-half winner against Newcastle moved Everton up to eighth - their highest position in the Premier League table since August.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has admitted the attack on Manchester City’s bus interrupted his side’s preparations for last Wednesday night’s Champions League quarter-final first leg tie at Anfield, which the Reds won 3-0.

Our man inside the game says that Wayne Rooney has long been finished as a top player

The 27-year-old had a successful operation on a double leg fracture he suffered in January.

Four things we learned from the Premier League this weekend. 

Everton missed their chance to climb to seventh in the Premier League after falling to a 1-0 defeat at Watford.

Jonny Evans is to be reinstated as West Brom captain, Baggies boss Alan Pardew has confirmed.

Everton defender Seamus Coleman has a thigh injury but it is not related to the horror leg break he has just returned from, manager Sam Allardyce has said.

Roy Hodgson revealed Sam Allardyce has never apologised to him for mocking the way he speaks — and says it is too late now.

So scintillating were the skills and movement of this refreshed Arsenal side that seasoned manager Arsene Wenger felt it prudent afterwards to quash talk of a new generation of trophy hunters.

Arsene Wenger has called on Mesut Ozil to be the leader of his new Arsenal generation.

Everton winger Theo Walcott hopes his fledgling partnership with Ireland captain Seamus Coleman can lead to bigger and better things.

Seamus Coleman successfully came through just under an hour of football at Goodison Park last night as he played his first competitive match since breaking his leg last March.

Seamus Coleman will make his return to action after 10 months out this evening.

Theo Walcott says he quit Arsenal to join Everton because he retains his desire to win trophies.

Arsenal goalkeeping issue just another crisis...

The star man, ratings and moment of the match.

Stoke left with a difficult decision

The clash between Liverpool's Roberto Firmino and Everton's Mason Holgate in Friday's FA Cup Merseyside derby will be included in referee Bobby Madley's report after the Toffees raised the incident with match officials.

Everton boss Sam Allardyce has revealed the club are close to sealing a deal for Besiktas striker Cenk Tosun.

Jose Mourinho has hinted Manchester United may be in active in the January transfer market after all following a spate of injuries.

The January transfer window has not yet opened and already a huge deal has been agreed, with Virgil van Dijk heading from Southampton to Liverpool for what is understood to be £75million, the highest price ever paid for a defender.

Arsene Wenger has hinted Jose Mourinho should stop complaining about being unable to match Manchester City's spending power.

Antonio Conte is wary of Wayne Rooney ahead of Chelsea’s trip to Everton today.

Manchester United are keen on USA winger Christian Pulisic

Cancelling Christmas isn’t an obvious means of ingratiating yourself with a raft of new employees but it appears that Sam Allardyce can do no wrong at Everton where the latest chapter in one of British football’s most intriguing careers has kicked off on the most promising of intros.

Paul Clement became the sixth Premier League manager sacked this season when bottom club Swansea City ended his one-year tenure on Wednesday but any upswing in results the Swans enjoy will be largely down to luck, according to a leading analyst.

Swansea manager Paul Clement insists his situation is no different from when he took over at the start of the year with the club in deep trouble.

Everton's Gylfi Sigurdsson piled the pressure on former manager Paul Clement with a brilliant strike in a 3-1 victory to leave Swansea rooted to the bottom of the Premier League.

Even the most pessimistic of Fantasy Premier League pundits never thought it would get this bad.

Our man inside the game says English football is upside down when it comes to hiring managers.

A first ever Merseyside derby goal for Wayne Rooney earned a grizzly Everton side a dogged draw, but Liverpool fans were left wondering what might have been had Jurgen Klopp stuck with the ‘Fab Four’.

Wayne Rooney's first Merseyside derby goal earned Everton a draw at Anfield as Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp's selection gamble backfired.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp made some big calls for the 229th Merseyside derby at home to Everton by leaving out playmaker Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino.