Everton are still looking to improve on their performances over the last few Premier League seasons. With the January transfer window on the horizon, what are the club looking at getting in to strengthen the side and ensure the future is brighter for the Toffees, who look to reset with the new owners.
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00:00Looking at Everton and the January window, obviously, you know, we've mentioned a number
00:06of times the lack of finances they've had to work with, you know, with the takeover
00:11coming in and the sort of rebuild possibly happening within the next year or so, how
00:16important is this January window? Obviously, Everton, sorry, don't want to fall into that
00:21trap of a relegation fight again. They want to be continuing to fight in it. So how important
00:27is January for them?
00:29Yeah, it'll be interesting. I think the takeover, you would like to hope, is going to be completed
00:35by then. But will Everton be massively affected in terms of what they can do in the markets?
00:41I'm not too sure because of profits and sustainability rules. But I'm sure the Freakens would like
00:47to give Everton some money to go out and spend and bring in a couple of players. If not,
00:54Sean Dyche might have to be careful in what he does. It might be a little bit like the
01:02summer where he has to get deals in that work for the club in terms of finances. Personally,
01:09I'd like to see Everton go out and get a left back. Vitaly Mikhalenko is the only out and
01:15out option at the minute, and he hasn't quite hit the same heights as he did last season.
01:21He was solid last season, but he struggled a little bit. Maybe that's against the backdrop
01:27of the ankle injury. He suffers in the Merseyside derby, and he raced back to get fifth of the
01:32Euros. He had problems again in the summer. Maybe he just hasn't quite got over that injury.
01:38I think competition is always a good thing in squads as well. A little bit of pace out
01:44wide is what Everton are lacking. Jesper Lindström has done okay so far. He's still acclimatised
01:50and we can add that little bit of pace, but they need more from the wingers, I think.
01:56Ileman Ndiaye deserves a go in the number 10 role, maybe. Jack Harrison hasn't quite
02:02done it so far this season, so some additional pace definitely. Then it might depend on what
02:10happens with maybe, will there be any more outgoings? I don't know. Obviously, the one
02:15that you're looking at is Dominic Calvert-Lewin. He's into the final year of his contract.
02:21Years ago, whatever they make would be pure profit on the books, which would be good for
02:26PSR rules, but are Everton willing to take that risk? Is it worth selling Dominic Calvert-Lewin
02:32for, I don't know, £10 million maybe? Maybe a bit less, only to have one fewer option
02:40up front. Then you're struggling. We all know the finances that it means to stay in
02:47a Premier League, especially with the moves to the new stadium coming. I think Sean Dyche
02:52and director of football, Kevin Fellow, will be looking at what they can do, but it might
02:57be difficult again.