Former Liverpool and Senegal national team striker El-Hadji Diouf is backing Sam Allardyce to achieve success as manager of Everton.
Allardyce was appointed as manager of the Toffees this week and succeeds Ronald Koeman as manager of the club.
The Toffees have been playing a poor brand of football this season despite having spent heavily during the summer transfer window.
Allardyce will earn £100,000-a-week and has been tasked with saving the club from relegation this season.
The former England national team boss has a reputation for saving clubs from relegation as he did with Crystal Palace and Sunderland during the past two seasons and this makes him an ideal manager for the clubs current situation.
Diouf said about his former manager: “If Sam goes there they’ll eventually reach the Champions League. He is a man who with zero can be the best. They need a character. With Bolton we played champagne football with Hierro, Campo, Okocha and myself.”
