As we get towards the end of the season, I thought it might be useful to debate and take some views of fellow Evertonians on where we are at and what we need to do for next season and the future.
I know some articles during the season have been similar but I wanted to make this one different by assuming there was a transfer pot of £100M before selling any players. So I have the following questions:
1) Should we keep or sell Jarrad Branthwaite to make the budget bigger?
2) Should we let Dominic Calvert-Lewin go on a free… or would it be worth giving him a new contract and persuading him to stay?
3) Should we sign Charly Alcaraz, given the limited budget?
4) Which of the out-of-contract players would you keep as part of the squad?
5) If you could only bring four players in, which positions would you prioritize?
6) Which players would you keep to build a team around?
My view, for what it’s worth, is that we are miles off the quality of the Top 6 in almost every position. We have players who have no pace, poor ball retention, poor passing and vision. We lack goalscorers throughout the squad.
Having said all that, we have good team spirit and belief within the squad now… so how much of that do we risk by making major changes? Or should we just make changes gradually over a few windows, given PSR and impact considerations?
I am sure there are other questions — so over to the ToffeeWeb Debating Society!