As Frank Lampard and Kevin Thelwell continue their work to reshape Everton's squad, there is one area that they must address this summer.
The duo will have to work smart on both incomings and departures as they look to trim a bloated and underperforming group, while also adding quality without repeating transfer mistakes of past windows under owner Farhad Moshiri.
Everton suffered from a dearth of creativity across the campaign and failed to score in 11 of their 38 Premier League games last season. Despite netting 43 goals, which was only four fewer than the 47 they scored under Carlo Ancelotti in the 2020/21 season’s 10th placed finish, there was one glaring difference.