The temperature is rising on Merseyside and it’s not just the heat wave that is finally set to reach these parts next week. Many Evertonians are getting hot under the collar over their club’s lack of spending so far this summer but it might be that they still have to wait a little bit longer for more new faces to arrive.
After large swathes of the rest of the country basked in weather almost 10 degrees higher than we’ve been experiencing, a weather warning for next Sunday, Monday and Tuesday could see the mercury pushing up to 36 degrees Celsius in these parts so it’s to be hoped that long-suffering Blues don’t blow their top as a game of patience could be required for Everton to get the most out of this transfer window.
That’s obviously not the kind of news that fans want to hear, nor manager Frank Lampard, who had been eager to add at least one more new face to his travelling party before his already bumper 32-man squad flew out from John Lennon Airport to Washington DC on Monday, but the way the situation looks like panning out, the Blues could be required to hold their nerve. Strengthening defence and midfield were Lampard’s areas of priority ahead of the new season and the former was thankfully remedied in swift fashion with the acquisition of James Tarkowski, a player that both the manager and new director of football Kevin Thelwell had admired for a long time, being snapped up by mid-June, even though the transfer was not announced until after the centre-back’s contract at Burnley had officially expired.
