Everton Urged To Sign This Talented Forward: Should Dyche Bring Him On Board?
In a recent interview with Falcon Blues TV, Kevin Campbell urged Everton to sign Moussa Dembele who is currently a free agent. Campbell said,
“I quite like the link with Dembele.
“I like Dembele, he’s a free so are there excuses? There’s no excuses. That’s somebody you can make it work with
“He’s played for a lot of top clubs around Europe. He’s not even hit his peak yet, so I think he would be somebody that could do a job at Everton.”
Dembele’s Difficult Season At Lyon
Dembele had a tough campaign at his last club Olympique Lyon last season as he struggled to catch the eye with his performances in the final third. The French striker scored three times and earned one assist in 28 matches for the French club in the previous campaign across multiple competitions.
The 27-year-old made most of his appearances off the bench which explains why he only averaged 1.2 shots, 0.2 key passes and 0.2 dribbles per game in Ligue 1. He lacked quality when distributing possession in the opponent’s half after making 72.9% of his attempted passes in top-flight football (stats via whoscored).
Should Everton Boss Sean Dyche Bring Dembele On Board?
Dembele can engineer a yard of space for himself to get a few strikes in on-target. He can be a streaky goal-scorer in the final third when he is playing well on the pitch. However, the French talent struggled to be consistent due to the limited playing time he received at Lyon last season.
Now that Dembele is a free agent, it makes sense for Everton boss Sean Dyche to bring him on board during this summer transfer window.
Dembele is good enough to offer some serious competition for Dominic Calvert-Lewin at the Merseyside club next season. At 27, he is about to enter his prime which makes him a good option for the Toffees to consider before the start of the new campaign.
However, there are some serious concerns over whether he would be able to cope with the physical side and high intensity of Premier League football if Everton manage to get a deal done for him soon.
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Everton are in desperate need of reinforcements in the squad this summer following their troubling Premier League relegation scrap last season, and now a new update has emerged on a long-standing transfer target.
According to journalist and transfer expert Dean Jones, Everton have tabled an offer for Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher.
Whilst speaking on the Ranks FC Ultras Podcast, Jones revealed:
Conor Gallagher has been linked to West Ham. He is a name that has been thrown in there, my information on Gallagher is that he doesn’t want to leave Chelsea at all, but if he has to leave, he will consider it.
“Everton and Newcastle both have tabled offers, he is very aware of what he would get if he went to either of those clubs.”
What was Everton’s offer for Conor Gallagher?
It is no secret that the Toffees have been in hot pursuit of the England international for over 18 months, with former Everton and Chelsea boss Frank Lampard a huge admirer of the player during his time at Goodison Park.
Whilst Jones has not revealed the exact financial offer that has been made by the Merseyside club, Fabrizio Romano confirmed in late January that Everton had submitted a submitted a £45m offer for the talented midfielder.
As a result, it is now looking like Sean Dyche is keen to continue the pursuit of Gallagher, and if the former Burnley coach can seal a deal to bring him to Goodison Park this summer, it could provide him with a perfect successor for Abdoulaye Doucoure.
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