Everton transfer news: Toffees board must act properly in final weeks of the window or risk more damage
Everton have lost their opening two games of the league season without scoring a goal for the third time in their
history; Sean Dyche’s side have 10 days left in the transfer window to improve their squad; the Toffees are being run
by a transitional board at the moment
A transitional board is doing its best to keep the club running on a day-to-day basis. But with no firm sighting of the
promised new future – and a chairman who is intrinsically connected to the failings of the previous board still in
place – the fanbase is sceptical, at best, that change is indeed coming.
What should have happened is that these changes were completed before the start of the new season, to give not only
the manager – but everyone at the club – a fresh beginning and something to grab hold of and run with.
That can never be used as an excuse for a performance like the one at Villa and it certainly will not be an excuse by
the manager and players. But nevertheless, positivity has to come from the top at any football club and, at this
moment, all anybody is getting is uncertainty and mixed messages.
This has been a difficult transfer window to deal in for Everton, financially stretched to say the least. They must
make the right deals to make any purchase and added to that are the complications of clearing the underperforming
and unwanted players out. It all makes for a perfect storm.
Despite those restrictions, Everton have brought in four signings this window already, with Ashley Young, Arnaut
Danjuma, Youseff Chermiti and Leeds winger Jack Harrison brought in to strengthen Dyche’s options.
But new players are crucial to finding some level of success even if that is just progression, and time is running out to
add more.
Everton fans often look to past glories for setting the standards of today but there needs to be a reality check from all
who have an influence to change the fortunes of this once major force in English football.
They say: ‘a fool will lose tomorrow reaching back for yesterday’ but good times can return to Everton if those able to
act do so soon. All that is needed is to give the manager and the fans something to hold on to and believe in, and
make the right decisions quickly and positively.
It’s the third time in Everton’s history that they have lost their opening two games without scoring a goal. Of course
there is a long way to go but already it feels like unwanted pressure is evident ahead of the club’s next game at home
to Wolves on Saturday.
The message to those at the top from the fans is to get it sorted before too much damage is done…