I’m pleased with the work that Everton have done during the transfer window and the strengthening of the squad that has taken place was very much needed. We haven’t got three or four options up front but I’m sure if a top quality striker became available and Frank Lampard got offered him then he would take him.
It’s difficult though to bring in that kind of quality if they know that as soon as Dominic Calvert-Lewin is fit again then they’re going to be playing second fiddle to him and sat on the bench. There’s not many top strikers about who would be prepared to come in under such circumstances.
Perhaps the quality of an Edinson Cavani, who has now gone to Valencia, or Diego Costa, who is training at Wolverhampton Wanderers, could have been huge but with Calvert-Lewin back training and hopefully not far off a return, it’s a very different picture now. We’ve got so many wingers in the squad who can put in crosses plus the full-backs, and they’re all desperate to have a striker in the box to target.
