Former Everton midfielder Leon Osman believes Sean Dyche is the ideal man to take the club forward.

The experienced ex-Burnley coach ensured the Toffees avoided relegation last season.

After taking over from Frank Lampard in January, Dyche immediately turned around the team's fortunes.

Osman, speaking to the Liverpool ECHO, stated: "First and foremost, he was brought in to do a job and keep the club in the Premier League, and he accomplished it.

"Hats off because there wasn't any place to come in. Confidence was near zero, and results had been dreadful. We were also without the ability to score goals.

"It was difficult circumstances, but we managed to get the job done. He managed to raise the players to a different type of feeling within the club.

"He's done the first job, and he should be given the opportunity to do that from the start of the season and set those standards up right from the beginning.

"Get the core principles about how he wants to play into the team, and I think above all else, he seems like an Everton manager.

"I think he also seems like a man who can certainly bring a bit of stability to the club for the next couple of seasons; we hope so, and it is of course all results-dependent.

"What we need is a bit of stability for the next two or three seasons to be able to put our feet on the floor again and start building ourselves back up."