Everton must strengthen this summer but another key job for Kevin Thelwell will be to repeat a task he pulled off last year.
Sean Dyche’s squad may be misshapen but it is not small - the Blues boss having inherited a collection of players built up by a long list of recent predecessors. For the lack of options upfront, the dressing room is bloated in central midfield.
From the outside, the options available provide cover should Tom Davies reject his contract offer and the club need to capitalise on interest in Amadou Onana in order to fund a wider rebuild. Yet the reality is much different. Dele Alli, Andre Gomes and Jean-Philippe Gbamin return to Finch Farm with uncertain futures, partly due to their substantial wages and partly because of the doubts that led to them being allowed to play elsewhere last season.
