Dyche working under 'very difficult' circumstances - Everton chief

Manager Sean Dyche is moving nether "very difficult circumstances" amid Everton's worst commencement to a convention play successful 66 years, says nan club's head of shot Kevin Thelwell.

The Toffees are bottommost of nan Premier League without a constituent having mislaid each 4 of their games truthful far, conceding 13 goals.

They person nan poorest grounds of nan 96 teams successful Europe's apical 5 leagues and were knocked retired successful nan third information of nan Carabao Cup connected penalties by chap strugglers Southampton connected Tuesday.

In an exclusive question and reply pinch BBC Radio Merseyside's Giulia Bould, Thelwell said: "Sean and I activity very intimately together, our offices are a metre isolated truthful we are talking regularly and consistently astir what things we tin do, really we tin usage nan resources we person disposable to effort and make things amended going forwards.

"Sean has a work for nan mentation and capacity of nan squad and fundamentally nan results. My work is nan support services that beryllium astir that. It is astir america talking done immoderate of nan capacity problems we person got."

Dyche's statement expires astatine nan extremity of nan play and, contempt nan wretched start, nine sources person told BBC Sport nan 53-year-old's occupation is presently safe.

Thelwell added: "I tin committedness everybody that location is nary chromatic being near unturned successful position of trying to rectify our existent situation. He [Dyche] is moving nether very difficult circumstances.

"We still person ownership and financial situations to resoluteness truthful that makes it very difficult for a head erstwhile we want to return that adjacent step."

Last week, Everton said location is "some activity to beryllium done" for American businessman John Textor to complete his takeover of nan nine pursuing aborted attempts by 777 Partners and nan Friedkin Group this year.

The Blues are besides scheduled to move to their caller stadium connected Bramley Moore-Dock for nan commencement of adjacent season.

Last season, Everton were handed 2 abstracted deductions totalling 8 points for breaching nan Premier League's financial rules and were nether unit to comply again earlier nan 30 June deadline.

They signed 8 players during nan summertime for a full of astir £40m, while bringing successful astir £70m successful sales, which includes £50m for midfielder Amadou Onana from Aston Villa.

"After nan points deductions, we were very tense of making judge we didn't autumn foul of those problems again," said Thelwell. "I was pleased we were capable to resoluteness that reasonably early successful nan marketplace pinch nan income of Lewis Dobbin and Ben Godfrey which helped america pinch PSR.

"It is simply a interest because you don't want to commencement nan Premier League pinch points deductions hanging complete your head. I americium gladsome to opportunity we sewage connected nan correct broadside of that and scheme efficaciously arsenic possible.

"I would not beryllium retired of spot saying each sporting head successful nan Premier League finds it very frustrating. The regulations are location for nan correct reasons but possibly are not doing what they should do and that is to support nan clubs and convention to beryllium better."

Jarrad Branthwaite was Everton's prima man past play and he remained astatine nan nine aft two bids for nan centre-back from Manchester United were rejected.

The 22-year-old's absence from nan squad aft undergoing room has coincided pinch their woeful form, though he is getting person to returning to afloat fitness.

Thelwell said: "Without question, Jarrad was a consequence passim nan model and surely earlier nan extremity of nan financial twelvemonth because group thought we were having to do business to comply pinch our PSR problem.

"Our business is specified that we can't person a cleanable picture, if we want to support personification for illustration Jarrad past we person to do thing other to guarantee that we resoluteness our financial problem. We are each committed to that and delighted that he stayed."

Meanwhile, midfielder Dele Alli continues to train pinch nan nine contempt his statement expiring successful nan summertime but it remains to beryllium seen whether nan 28-year-old will beryllium offered a caller deal.

Asked if Alli will beryllium seen successful an Everton garment again, Thelwell replied: "We very overmuch dream so. He has worked very difficult connected nan transportation to get himself into a spot wherever he tin physically get to play.

"We are successful a bully abstraction now pinch Tottenham, we person an statement pinch those guys astir what happens adjacent if we motion him and he would dearly emotion to play for Everton successful nan Premier League and we would dearly emotion that to hap arsenic good because nan boy has had a very difficult time."

Everton recreation to recently promoted Leicester connected Saturday (kick-off 15:00 BST) successful a immense conflict astatine nan incorrect extremity of nan division.

The Toffees besides big Crystal Palace and caput to Ipswich successful an important group of fixtures complete nan adjacent 4 weeks.

Thelwell has urged disgruntled supporters to "stick pinch us" successful what is simply a "difficult time" for nan club.

"We are each emotion nan symptom that they are emotion but we request to enactment calm," he said. "Stay diligent and we dream we are capable to resoluteness immoderate of these problems. What we are each fighting for is simply a squad that Evertonians tin beryllium proud of.

"It is still very difficult to activity astatine this shot nine and I admit it is very difficult to support this nine astatine this infinitesimal successful clip but we only get done this if we instrumentality together."