Everton ended the January transfer window as the only club in the Premier League not to provide their manager with any new additions.
What’s the latest?
So far, the 2022/23 campaign has been one Everton fans will want to put in the past already and their hopes of surviving the drop were not handed any boosts over the January window.
Indeed, Everton have seemingly only gotten weaker in the fight for safety with all of the clubs surrounding them strengthening their sides to various extents.
in addition, Sean Dyche has joined the Toffees following the departure of their promising youngster, Anthony Gordon, who made the move to Tyneside over the weekend.
And speaking on TalkSport, transfer guru Alex Crook has shed some light on the chaotic end to the window behind the scenes at Goodison Park:
“I reached out to somebody close to Everton probably about three hours ago and said ‘it’s definitely quiet, what’s going on?’ And I got back, ‘they’re scrambling around’. Should an institution like Everton Football Club be ‘scrambling around’ on transfer deadline day? Where’s the plan?”
Issues on Merseyside
There have been very few signs to provide the Everton faithful with some optimism ahead f their remaining games of the Premier League campaign.
Only Southampton find themselves below the Toffees – on goal difference – and Nathan Jones’ side have had some results recently which may provide their fans with some belief they could avoid the drop.
However, it does feel as if the mood on Merseyside is not filled with optimism and their season was pretty much summed up on Tuesday’s transfer deadline day with a disappointing end to the market.
To be in the position Everton are in the Premier League table and not bring in a single player over the month feels as if Dyche is only being set up to fail.
Having seen one of their brightest players depart in January and no replacement come through the door can only frustrate the fans.
And to rub salt into the wound, Everton missed out on players such as Kamaldeen Sulemana to their relegation rivals, Southampton.
It is issues like this which has seemingly seen the Everton board scrambling in the final hours to find some potential players who could come in for Dyche.
However, at that stage in the window, you do have to wonder what quality of player they would have been able to bring in and if they would have even provided Dyche’s squad with an upgrade.
Now it seems as if Everton will be forced to pick from the free agents market.
