Everton hopes to soon hire Sam Allardyce as manager.

Discussions between Everton and Allardyce's representatives have taken place since Monday, with further talks planned.

Everton fired Ronald Koeman as manager six weeks ago.

Allardyce had publicly ruled himself out of the Everton job earlier this month due to the Merseyside club's desire to recruit Watford manager Marco Silva, is now ready to accept the challenge