MARTIN SAMUEL: It's a mess at Everton, who have been chewing up managers in recent years... so give Wayne Rooney the job but also give him time - he understands the club more than most and should be allowed to grow into the role

Roberto Martinez couldn’t land a trophy for Belgium with Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard in the team at their peak, so heaven knows what he would make of Everton’s motley crew.

The club sold arguably their best player, Lucas Digne, to Aston Villa after he fell out with a manager they sacked days later. It is a mess. And, like all sacking clubs, Everton appear to have run out of suitable candidates and may return to the start. Back to Martinez, the first to be sacked by owner Farhad Moshiri in 2016.