Former Everton assistant manager Steve Round believes Sam Allardyce should be given the job.

Allardyce is adamant there's been no contact with Everton about taking charge.

"It's Everton and Everton is such a good club. It's so steeped in history and tradition of success. Brilliant place to work, great fan-base, it's got a really good soul about the club and I think he would feel it would be an ideal fit," Round said.

"I think Everton is a club that he would feel he could take to the top six, maybe even the top four, with the backing and the moving into new stadium, it'd be a very, very exciting project for him and I think it would have taken something like that to bring him out of retirement, so to speak."