David Unsworth is set to continue as Everton caretaker manager.

He stays in charge for the visit to Crystal Palace on Saturday after Sam ­Allardyce ruled himself out of the running.

Allardyce admits he was turned off by Everton's dithering.

He said: “When you're sat in my position you want ­people to be decisive and feel like they want you. I didn't get that feeling. They were hesitating.

“Such a long time without a decision meant I had to make the decision myself. It would have been a fabulous job but it didn't feel right."

Meanwhile, Oumar Niasse credits street football for his professional career.

The Dakar-born 27-year-old is convinced it's his big heart - and trying to follow the example of players like Carlos Tevez - that has helped him win supporters over.

“When you are 16 they teach you how to control the ball and where to run, but I didn't have that," said Niasse to evertonfc.com. “I learnt how to play on the streets.

“But that helped me and it's why I focus more on the players who can fight.

“I'm not someone who looks at players like [Dennis] Bergkamp or [Karim] Benzema and the way they play. That is more technical.

“I like Tevez. I used to look at him in the way he is fighting on the pitch.

“Tevez is [technical] but he is more fighting, so that's why I say I was just watching players like him all the time.

“It is helping me a lot. If the ball goes behind the defenders, some people may think it is going out but, me, I am running. One bounce can help me. My mentality is that I am always going to run.

“It is helping me because the defender or goalkeeper think I am not going to be there, but I am not going to give up."