Everton goalkeeper shares dressing room verdict on Sean Dyche methods and Friedkin takeover.

Chris Beesley speaks to Asmir Begovic about the Everton takeover, Sean Dyche’s managerial style and the prospect of the goalkeeper playing another game at Goodison Park in the ground’s historic final season.

While playing for Queens Park Rangers last season, Asmir Begovic had to watch on as his former Everton team-mates suffered two separate points deductions but having overcome that adversity, the goalkeeper – now enjoying a second stint with the Blues – has backed them to provide a fitting send off in Goodison Park’s final season. Everton suffered an unprecedented brace of sporting sanctions last term, totalling eight deducted points, but still secured Premier League survival before the final month of the campaign for the first time since 2021, finishing with five consecutive home wins, including a first Merseyside Derby victory at Goodison Park for 13-and-a-half years, and without their punishments would have finished level on points with 11th placed Brighton & Hove Albion.

Despite enduring a club record winless run in the Premier League, manager Sean Dyche praised his squad for not “going under” in the circumstances and Begovic believes such character is indicative of the club. He told the ECHO “I think that’s the kind of culture that Everton are known for.

“It’s also something that the manager stands for and the character that he wants his team to have. To be a top-level team, you need to be one that deals with the kind of setbacks you experience over a football season, because nothing is ever going to be perfect.

“I think we’ve got a really good, resilient group. That character speaks for itself and has done over the last few years and that is also something that is definitely important to keep hold of all across the club and also going forward.”