CRAVEN COTTAGE – David Moyes will know full well that Everton need a rebuild bigger than Bramley-Moore Dock this summer. That is unchanged by victory at Fulham.
Many of Everton’s problems are psychological but there is a more pragmatic reason they have so often failed to control games. It stems from a reluctance to trust their own attack, which manifests as an inability to stay on the front foot.
Perhaps that is little wonder as Everton basked in a sun-baked Craven Cottage and for the first half did little else. Moyes’ line-up looked like an SOS to the Friedkins, his players having little to play for but their futures.
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That strike, for which Bernd Leno ought to have done better, did matter. Not least because for the first time since Moyes’ return, Everton managed to win after conceding the first goal.
Beto only ended an eight-match barren run against Ipswich last week, which is why fans appear so divided on whether Moyes should keep him or bite Leeds’ hand off for £20m.
There are still so many problems with this Everton side that were on display, from Jack Harrison’s finishing to Ashley Young and Michael Keane being continually exposed. Prior to his equaliser that took two deflections on the way in, Vitalii Mykolenko struggled too.
If Beto does go, his replacement has got to be transformational. That is perhaps why Moyes has batted away suggestions he wants to bring back Richarlison.
Selling Beto would at least help to fund reinforcements that are badly needed elsewhere. A dozen players could go, from Michael Keane to Carlos Alcaraz, Doucoure and Ashley Young. A number of big earners are out of contract, so the summer really hinges on which senior players can be sold for a profit.
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Confusing matters is that head of recruitment Dan Purdy is set to follow Kevin Thelwell out the door. That means Moyes is going to be heading up the responsibility of adding new talent, a significant ask for a 62-year-old who was not necessarily seen as the long-term candidate to halt Everton’s demise.
The question is how much appetite for an overhaul there really is. It is hard to read too much into dead-rubber days like this; at this stage of the campaign Everton are used to relegation nail-biters, not merely denting their opponents’ European hopes.
The call on Beto sums up that headache – how big Everton are willing to dream, and crucially, spend. Or whether they are content with standing still.
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