Barry Horne hopes David Moyes gives Everton chairman Bill Kenwright plenty of time to find his replacement should he decide to move on this summer.

Horne wrote in the Liverpool Echo: "I think David Moyes has been fantastic and if he does leave Everton this summer he will leave the club in a better state than when he took over.

"If, and it is still very much an if, he does decide to leave, he should also leave with the very best of wishes from everybody at Everton Football Club - from the players he has improved, to the chairman and board he has such a good relationship with and the fans who have watched some great football, albeit without tangible success.

"Typically David Moyes, if he leaves, will be doing so at the end of a contract.

"He hasn't had his head turned mid-contract by a mega bucks offer from another club.

"He will see his contract out, which is what contracts are all about.

"The one thing that Bill Kenwright could possibly ask of him, in private and in confidence, is to be told his decision in good time to prepare for his departure and find a suitable replacement."