Everton boss Sean Dyche believes next season will be another battle against relegation.

The Toffees have now escaped the drop two times in a row under Dyche's tutelage.

However, the ex-Burnley coach is under no illusions about where the team will be in a few months.

On next season, Dyche said: The bar for next season is making sure we safeguard this club in the Premier League. It hasn't really changed. There will be more challenges coming. I've tried to be honest with you, telling the fans the truth.

"It will not be fixed overnight. It is going to be a building process and it takes time. I think there is growth, from when I got in to where it is now. There has been development in the side and the players and the mentality for sure. But there is a long way to go to get it back to where Everton think they are.

"The perception is often bigger than the truth of the story, so I'm trying to find the gap between the two and bring it together so fans go 'OK, we kind of get where we are at'. I'm trying to do that but there are more challenges to come, I don't just mean financial, I mean balancing out the club, balancing out the playing side of things, balancing out the wage structure. There are more challenges to come."

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