Wayne Rooney is expected to immediately return to football with his boyhood club Everton.
Everything has changed on the blue side of Merseyside after the recent club acquisition by American businessman Dan Friedkin.
The new owner made his presence felt Thursday after swinging the ax at the boss Sean Dyche just hours before the Toffees FA Cup third round victory over Peterborough.
The 53-year-old's two-year term came to an abrupt end with Everton sitting one point above the bottom three and on a torrid run of just one win in 11 games.
Former manager David Moyes He is expected to make a shock return to Goodison Park and it looks like he might not be the only returning club legend.
Discussing Everton's next move, talkSPORT chief football correspondent Alex Crook revealed who Moyes' future right-hand man could be.
He was asked if he could be the former Everton star and recent interim England manager. Lee CarsleyCrook said: “Carsley won't be leaving England Under 21s to be No 2.”
When the Watford legend Troy Deeney When Rooney was tipped for the job, Crook responded: “Yeah, I wouldn't rule it out.”
Rooney was sacked as Plymouth manager on New Year's Eve, just seven months into a three-year contract at the club.
The 39-year-old will be eager to return to football in some capacity after an unfortunate spell as manager at Birmingham before getting his chance at the Devon-based club.
And that could lead him to return to the place where he became famous as a teenager in 2002.
Rooney scored 28 goals in 117 games for the Merseyside club during two spells either side of a trophy-laden 13-year spell in manchester united.
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Speaking about his emotional return to Goodison Park in 2017, Rooney said: “I knew coming back to Everton was more pressure, that's what I wanted.
“I wanted to prove myself again to the Everton fans and try to help this club move forward and win titles.
“I think it was perfect for me and I hope in the next two or three years we can do it.”
It was Moyes who gave Rooney his league debut 23 years ago against Tottenham, six months after taking over as manager.
The prospect of the pair teaming up to help turn around Everton's fortunes is likely to whet the appetite of an Everton fan base that has had little to cheer about in recent seasons.
Everton will not play again until next Wednesday, when they host the host. Villa Aston in the First Division.
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By then, things could look very different, yet very familiar, in the Toffees' dugout as they try to avoid relegation for a fourth successive campaign.
