Sean Dyche will get £3.5m bonus if he keeps Everton in the Premier League
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Sean Dyche will receive a £3.5m bonus if he can keep Everton in the Premier League… with the Toffees now only in the relegation zone on goal difference after their shock win over leaders Arsenal
- Sean Dyche replaced Frank Lampard as Everton manager last week
- Took charge of the Merseyside club with the Toffees in relegation zone
- If Dyche can guide them to safety, he’ll get a £3.5m bonus.
Everton head coach Sean Dyche will get a survival bonus of more than £3.5m if he leads the club to Premier League safety.
Dyche was confirmed as the new Toffees manager early last week, agreeing a two-and-a-half-year deal worth close to £5m a season.
And Sportsmail understands that Everton also approved a lucrative bonus structure as part of the deal that saw the 51-year-old replace Frank Lampard.
If Dyche can preserve the club’s top-tier status, Merseyside sources have indicated the former Burnley boss will get a minimum payment of £3.5m as part of the bonus deal.
That amount could even go up depending on how the team performs and where it ranks in the final league table.
Sean Dyche will get a £3.5m bonus if he can lead Everton to survival
Everton are closing in on breaking out of the bottom three after beating Arsenal on Saturday
If the newly appointed boss guides Everton to safety, the bonus will prove value for money with Premier League status worth up to £200m per season for clubs.
Dyche has made a bright start to his reign, leading Everton to a euphoric 1-0 win over league leaders Arsenal on Saturday.
However, the team remain in the relegation zone, although they are level on points with 17th-placed Leeds, who have played one game less.
Everton take on local rivals Liverpool on Monday before a big six-point relegation against Leeds on February 18.
The Toffees solidified their interest in Dyche on Friday January 27 after talks with first-choice candidate Marcelo Bielsa proved unsuccessful.
Bielsa held talks with Everton on Thursday January 26 after flying in from Brazil and told Toffee bosses he would rather take charge of the club’s Under-21s than take the senior reins before next season.
When it became clear that their move for Bielsa would not happen, they immediately turned their attention to Dyche.
Wolves and Rangers had previously shown interest in Dyche earlier this season, but the Everton job proved very tempting for the former Watford defender.
Everton formally offered Dyche the job on Friday, but the full deal, including contracts for the new backroom team, was not fully finalized until Sunday night.
Dyche only got the Everton job after the club missed out on their number one target, Marcelo Bielsa.