Graeme Souness has admitted Everton's chaotic current situation has left him saddened, stressing a club of the Blues' stature should not be batting such adversity of this nature.
It has been a drama-filled week for the Toffees, who are without a manager after the sacking of Frank Lampard and are soon expected to lose Anthony Gordon to Premier League rivals Newcastle United.
There was also talk over Farhad Moshiri's future at the club, with the 67-year-old forced to dismiss a report suggesting he had placed Everton up for sale with an asking price of £500million.
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Unable to stay out of the headlines for both on and off the pitch matters, Souness has admitted the uncertainty at Everton has left him in disbelief as supporters crave a sense of stability.
"It’s the sheer volume of coverage about Everton, a desperate and broken football club, which has resonated most with me this week," he wrote in his Daily Mail column.
"If this were just another bottom-half Premier League side in the mire, there would have been some discussion and debate. But nothing on the scale we’ve seen. Maybe it’s a back-handed compliment, but the reams of analysis and hours of talk are a reminder that Everton are one of the great clubs of British football. That what has been unfolding at Goodison Park is a national football calamity.
"You might be surprised to find me saying that, given I spent six of the best years of my life at the other end of Stanley Park. But Everton have always been a club that resonate for me."
One positive potentially on the horizon is the increasingly likely appointment of Sean Dyche, who looks set to become Frank Lampard's successor at Goodison Park. The former Burnley boss faces the unwanted task of attempting to beat the drop, but Souness believes Dyche is well-placed to steer the side to safety.
"Every manager is a gamble. For most of his reign Dyche did a good job at Burnley on a limited budget. My view on football management is the longer you’re in the Premier League the further away you should get from relegation. Though he would correctly point to his budget, that didn’t happen for him at Burnley," said the Scot.
"But he will bring pragmatism and good organisation to a group of players who are feeling sorry for themselves. Some of those players are looking at other people in the dressing room and saying, ‘It’s their fault.’ That dressing room needs to be galvanised. Its players need to start looking at themselves."
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