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What Everton are now hoping to do with David Weir as Dan Ashworth stance revealed
TBR Football can exclusively confirm what Everton now have planned in their pursuit of David Weir along with Dan Ashworth’s stance towards a return to football.
Everton’s current director of football, Kevin Thelwell, is reportedly expected to leave the club at the end of the current season when his contract expires
Attention now turns to who will replace Thelwell, with the incoming director facing the task of reshaping a squad as they enter the Bramley-Moore Dock era.
Everton hoping to talk to David Weir as Dan Ashworth eager to return to football
TBR Football chief correspondent Graeme Bailey understands that Brighton & Hove Albion are fighting hard to keep hold of their highly-respected technical director David Weir.
However, the Seagulls are confident of fending off interest in him.
TBR Football can reveal that Everton have shortlisted Weir to come in as a new sporting director, with the Toffees looking at building a new executive team.
New owners The Friedkin Group are assessing their options which have also seen them land Leeds CEO Angus Kinnear.
But Everton have not been the only interested party, as we are told that he was one name on Arsenal’s long list of potential options as they look to replace Edu – who left last year and has linked up with Nottingham Forest’s ownership group.
In terms of Everton, now The Friedkin Group has agreed terms with Kinnear they will look to push on with their sporting director plans and they are expecting and hoping to talk to Weir.
It is also understood that Weir’s former Brighton colleague Dan Ashworth is also on Everton and Arsenal’s list of options.
We are told by sources that Ashworth is eager to return to football having left Manchester United just months into his tenure at Old Trafford.
What David Weir and Dan Ashworth could bring to Everton
Weir, who is currently Brighton’s technical director, has played a key role in the club’s recent success, helping shape their recruitment strategy.
He stepped into the role after Ashworth’s departure to Newcastle United in February 2022.
Weir played for Everton between 1999 and 2007, making 266 appearances for the club before leaving for Rangers.
Weir then returned to Goodison Park in 2012 in a coaching capacity with the club’s reserve and academy sides.
After coaching spells elsewhere, he moved into the current backroom role he has at Brighton.
Meanwhile, Ashworth has long been in football administration, his first role coming in 2000 when he became Peterborough United’s academy director.
In recent years, he has worked at Brighton, Newcastle and Manchester United, leaving the latter role by mutual consent in December last year.
Fabrizio Romano previously reported that Manchester United saw Ashworth as “one of the best directors around the world”.