Sean Dyche says he did all the things he might to “defend the badge” and is assured he left Everton on a “secure footing” and with the group in “good condition”.
Dyche was sacked final week by new house owners the Friedkin Group hours earlier than their FA Cup tie with Peterborough United.
He left with Everton sixteenth within the desk having gained simply three of 19 Premier League video games this season and changed by David Moyes.
In a press release launched by the League Managers Affiliation, Dyche stated: “It was an honour to handle Everton, a soccer membership with a big heritage and an infinite following in Liverpool and all around the world, by way of one among its hardest intervals in its historical past. Regardless of the challenges we confronted, I wished to make sure that the membership’s narrative was centered on the optimistic course it should take sooner or later and that the group might give attention to competing within the Premier League within the current.
“I thank my employees, the gamers and all concerned who performed their half, because it merely wasn’t potential with out their help and experience. I additionally thank the followers who got here by way of for us many instances after we all wanted their help.”
“Nice respect” for returning Moyes
He added: “The precise time has come to go away the membership, with the group in good condition. David is a supervisor who I’ve nice respect for and I imagine he and his employees will assist to push the membership ahead once more and construct on the secure footing we have now carried out up to now two years.
“I want everybody nicely going forwards together with the brand new house owners, who I hope will take the membership to the subsequent stage and ship the success which each and every Evertonian needs.
“My half as a custodian has been performed and I’ll ceaselessly take nice satisfaction in that. After going by way of some extraordinarily tough conditions, I by no means misplaced religion in everybody round me and we did all the things we might to guard the badge, safeguarding it and the title of Everton Soccer Membership.”
Moyes managed Everton from 2002 to 2013 and his second spell will get underway tonight when the Toffees host Aston Villa at Goodison Park.