Anjishnu Roy 24/04/2025 3comments  |  Jump to last

Everton’s Kevin Thelwell, set to leave the club at the end of the season, will become the new sporting director for Rangers in Scotland. 

His departure from Everton was announced last night as the club, owned by The Friedkin Group, prepares to move from a single director of football to a wider leadership role next season. Angus Kinner, CEO at Leeds United currently, will also join Everton as the chief executive.

"Incoming Everton CEO Angus Kinnear will lead the implementation of the new sporting leadership team, with senior appointments to be announced in due course," stated Everton in a media release.

Thelwell had been with the Toffees for three years after leaving his role as the head of sport at New York Red Bulls. He also has the experience of working as a sporting director for Wolverhampton Wanderers and also played various roles at Preston North End and Derby County previously.

 

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Christy Ring
1 Posted 24/04/2025 at 11:23:29
Wish him well, did a tremendous job with two hands tied behind his back, having to deal with a chairman he seldom saw, no board, and trying to bring players in with no money upfront. I'd like to thank him for signing O'Brien, who has been superb, because it was clear to see, Dyche never wanted him.
Kevin Naylor
2 Posted 24/04/2025 at 12:47:31
I see Vardy is available, cheap squad player and can still play a bit.
Robert Tressell
3 Posted 24/04/2025 at 13:08:46
There's always been mixed feelings about how Thelwell fared at Everton - which seems to come down to whether you acknowledge (or not) that we invested less than every single other Premier League club (and the top end of the Championship) in his time with us.

Whatever perspective you take, it means the new recruitment team (including Moyes) has a tough audience to please now.

It seems that they will have meaningfully more money then Thelwell to spend. That's good.

But probably not more than the immediate competition of Wolves, Palace, Brentford, Bournemouth, Brighton, Fulham and Forest. That's less good.

We also have to replace (or renew) the likes of:

Doucoure (32 appearances)
Gueye (35 appearances)
Keane (15 appearances)
DCL (21 appearances)
Young (30 appearances)
Broja (7 appearances)
Lindstrom (29 appearances)
Harrison (32 appearances)
Alcaraz (11 appearances)
Mangala (21 appearances)

On a tight budget (i.e. anything less than the now very modest net spend of £50m) it is going to be hard to start next season with a squad (on paper) that is as good as the 2024/25 squad.

As well as the first team squad, Thelwell was also sorting out academy recruitment with Clarke and Graham looking most promising.

It seems that we've already signed 16 year old John Dodds from Hearts for the academy next season. I'll be interested to see whether we can improve on that too - since to provide a better pipeline of talent for the first team we need to bringing in a much higher volume of 14 to 17 year olds.

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