Moyes has never even spoken with Dan Friedkin

Another remarkable revelation came out in the closed portion of Friday's press conference when Davod Moyes spoke to reporters ahead of Sunday's game.

When asked if he had ever met or spoken to Dan Friedkin in the 20 months since he was reappointed as manager, Moyes's answer was a simple "No".

Friedkin leaves the day-to-day running of the club to his son-in-law Rishi Majithia, who works in tandem with chief executive Angus Kinnear.

"My real contact is Angus," said Moyes. "Angus is the one who I would go to see. Rishi is the next one and then the head of the Friedkin family in America.

"I don't really get any direct conversations with them, but I do through Rishi, he is the one I would speak to."

Moyes acknowledged on Friday that there was work to be done on the club's structure behind the scenes: "We've got new owners in who are still feeling their way in the club. I think, if we get to know each other more, it will get better."

Moyes insisted he would not walk away from the challenge of unifying a club that he led to a succession of Top 5 finishes in the Premier League between 2002 and 2013 in his first stint as manager.

"Everton's different," said Moyes, when asked if he had considered quitting. "I wouldn't have come back for anybody but Everton.

"I think the club here has had enough days where the people find a way of recovering. People saw the face of Evertonians last week and it can be really powerful. I would expect them to be really powerful now.

"But powerful for the team, powerful for the players. What we're going to need from them is extra because we're short, so we need them. If they're not with us, then it's terrible. And they are with us, I believe they are with us."

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