If Sean Dyche needed half a season to accomplish it, David Moyes has achieved as much in half a month. Everton sacked a manager with three wins in 19 Premier League games. His replacement has doubled that tally in their last three matches.

Before a ball had been kicked in his second coming at Everton, Moyes maintained that signings would have to be made. Even after a hat-trick of consecutive wins, he insists that remains the case but with less than 48 hours to go now until the transfer window closes, The Friedkin Group face something of a conundrum.

It is early days, but Moyes’ Everton look like they are in a much better position to remedy their attacking woes