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Moyes marks 10 years at Everton

It was 10 years ago today that a relatively untried young manager, David Moyes, arrived at Everton tasked with arresting an alarming slide towards relegation. He succeeded impressively, marking the first milestone in a decade so far at Goodison that has made him the third-longest serving manager in English football and the envy of much of the Premier League.

Forced to operate on a shoestring budget while the disparity between the elite and the rest has grown in the Premier League, Moyes has achieved remarkable consistency, with an average finish of 7th and qualification for Europe on three different occasions.

Though he has steered the Blues to a League Cup semi-final and an FA Cup final, a trophy still eludes the determined Scot and it's his frustration at not being able to catch the better endowed members of England's top flight and his failure thus far to win any silverware that drives him on.

He has admitted that he has no interest in leaving Everton at the moment and he will sit down with Bill Kenwright this summer to discuss "the next five years" and he has hinted that there needs to be a plan to increase the Club's ability to compete financially with its peers.

?I have a year to go on my contract," he says. "I will speak with Bill Kenwright at the end of the season and then decide where we go from there. ?The chairman knows we need to be a club that keeps going. This year has been the toughest in terms of us hanging in there. The negativity has been hard because generally we have only had good things said about the club. I would never be disloyal but I will have a conversation with the chairman and I will see the ongoing plans.

?When I signed a later contract I wanted to improve the style, get more internationals in, keep progressing and hang in there. For me the next part will be a conversation with Bill: deciding on the next part of the journey for the next four or five years.?

Though he won't outright admit it, the 48 year-old is proud of the achievement of lasting 10 years in what is a particularly difficult managerial role. Indeed, the lack of success that is measurable in silverware means that, in his eyes, his time at Goodison remains incomplete.

?I am quite embarrassed about the whole 10 years thing. I am not coming in here with a couple of trophies and a few medals to show people,? he says.

?The FA Cup was the closest and I would like to get much closer to cup finals, but I hope people have seen a good level of progression and improvement. To be at a club like Everton for 10 years is quite tough."

Quotes or other material sourced from The Telegraph

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