The appointment of Marco Silva is a move that Everton fans hoped would bring stability to a club that has been in turmoil for the past twelve months. Last season was defined by managerial departures and fan protests as opposed to any on-field success.
However, former Liverpool player Jamie Carragher feels the current playing squad is still inadequate with regards to the club's current ambitions. So far their main piece of business was Richarlison for £40million and Carragher told Talksport that a lot of their players are not up to scratch.
It’s a little bit worrying for Everton now. A big problem for them is that there have been so many managers.
There’s a lot of people who are not good enough that are playing for Everton. They are one of the top clubs in the country, they should always be challenging for European places and they look miles away at the moment. It’s worrying, really worrying. We were talking about Liverpool maybe needing a centre-back, I think Everton need two.
Everton are reported to be set to offer recent World Cup star Jordan Pickford a new contract to curtail Chelsea interest and Carragher joked that Silva may lose his star player.
Yes, you’ve got Jordan Pickford, but he’s going to Chelsea for £70million! The only positive thing for an Evertonian would be that the results have been so poor, it will force the club into doing a lot of business in the next ten days.
Everton get their Premier League campaign underway against Wolves on August 11. On the issue of centre-backs, Sky Sports confirmed they are set to sign Barcelona defender Lucas Digne this week.
