It seems Everton are ready to buy more talent to save the club from the imminent danger looming over them. They have now been linked with Cenk Tosun of Beskitas. In a crazy transfer market, backed by the Everton board, Ronald Koeman brought in an arsenal of summer signings that saw the club spend a net amount of £142.38m.
Despite spending so heavily, they have failed to score regularly and it is now being reported that Cenk Tosun, who is available for under £20m, is an exciting prospect for Everton.
Tosun is a quality striker, who scored 27 times last season and is off to a flyer again having scored thrice in five matches this time around. He can provide Everton with that much-needed tooth up front which has been missing since the departure of Romelu Lukaku.
Tosun’s clinical finishing and his attitude of being the fox in the box will make him the perfect hitman in front of a quality midfield line up, who desperately want a striker to feed. Tosun’s reported £17.5 m fee is cheap, given Everton’s buying prowess in the current market and a move for the Besiktas player would help them turn a page this season.
Tipped by many to challenge for the ‘top six’, the Toffees were expected to fight for a European spot this time. Currently, Everton are languishing in the relegation zone, with eight points from ten games.
They have just collected a grand total of one point from their five big matches against Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, with the 1-1 draw at the Etihad the only positive result. While the results itself do not create many issues, it is the spineless nature of these defeats that have left the Everton fans fuming.
Everton shipped in 14 goals in their four matches against Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham. Add to this their embarrassing defeats against Burnley, Leicester and a draw against Brighton and Hove Albion in the league and their second consecutive defeat of the season to Chelsea in the league cup, following up on their subpar displays in Europe, and Everton is a club in crisis.
Their Thursday night outings in the Europa League has been in sync with their disappointing domestic form with Koeman’s side claiming one point in three matches, which includes a 2-2 draw against Apollon Limassol at Goodison Park, a 2-1 home defeat to Lyon and a 3-0 defeat to Atalanta.
In a summer that promised so much with the return of their boyhood star Wayne Rooney, things have gone horribly wrong. The Everton squad hosts a team of players of great attacking calibre. The squad has a good mixture of youth and experience.
In the likes of Rooney, Sigurosson, Barkley, Ramirez, Klaassen, Calvert-Lewin Everton have few of the brightest prospects of European football at the club but nobody has really fired this season for them which would make Tosun a necessity buy.
