For many players, signing for a Premier League club is a dream come true. The sold-out stadiums, the salary, the fast-paced football. For Jean-Philippe Gbamin, who Everton bought for £25m from Mainz in 2019, it quickly turned into a nightmare.
There are many factors which contributed to his four-year stint at Everton being an unmitigated disaster. Some of these reasons were uncontrollable, at least by the club or player: a freak achilles injury, the pandemic, loan spells that brought more problems than solutions. But there are also claims that the way Gbamin was treated contributed to his plight.
