Everton have earned themselves a reputation for switch disasters since Farhad Moshiri grew to become the bulk stakeholder on the membership over six years in the past and the poor selections out there have mirrored into the performances on the pitch resulting in relegation battles and monetary concerns at Goodison Park.
The Toffees are presently 19th within the Premier League matching their relegation rivals within the backside three for 15 factors after 19 outings and have the joint-second worst purpose tally within the prime flight with simply 15 objectives scored to this point.
As a consequence, the January switch window presents a golden alternative for Everton to strengthen their attacking risk this month however there will likely be no room for error or repeated errors of the previous as a brand new addition would wish to make an on the spot affect on the group to make sure the membership retains their prime flight standing on the finish of the season.
One participant who has been linked with a transfer to the blue aspect of Merseyside this week is West Ham United striker Michail Antonio, nonetheless, when contemplating the participant’s kind it may very well be one other atrocious acquisition for Everton.
Over 18 league appearances, the £85k-per-week ahead – who was hailed “shocking” by Dan Lawless – has scored two objectives and registered one help, in addition to averaging 0.4 pictures heading in the right direction, 0.5 profitable dribbles and solely 4.3 correct passes accomplished per recreation, while additionally being 10th lowest rated participant in all the West Ham squad this season to this point.
The 32-year-old’s poor kind in entrance of purpose has contributed to the Hammers’ comparable battle over the marketing campaign to this point with the London membership additionally within the relegation zone and matching Everton for factors, so with that thought-about it makes completely no sense for supervisor Frank Lampard to signal the striker.
In truth, the signing of Antonio would possible be a repeat of Rafa Benitez’s disastrous signing of Salomon Rondon in the summertime of 2021 with the previous Toffees striker scoring simply three objectives over 31 appearances earlier than being released by Everton simply final month.
Both strikers are within the latter levels of their respective careers and regardless of tallying up a whole lot of Premier League expertise will not be prolific and constant in entrance of purpose when wanted probably the most.
Should Everton signal Michail Antonio?
Yes
No
With that being mentioned, Moshiri must avoid the signing of Antonio this month to avoid making the identical errors of the previous and as a substitute concentrate on figuring out a youthful prospect who affords extra purpose contributions and extra potential for Everton’s future past this season.