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Truthful to say, Everton actually need to strengthen their attacking choices in January.

Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth means the Toffees haven’t failed to attain in eight of their final ten Premier League matches, leaving them only one level and two locations above the relegation zone.

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Additionally, as famous throughout Sky Sports activities’ Monday Evening Soccer, because the begin of final season, Everton have scored simply 26 targets from open play; for context, that is a ginormous 30 fewer than the crew second-bottom of this record, specifically West Ham.

Below Sean Dyche, spending has been very minimal however, following the Friedkin Group’s takeover, confirmed in mid-December, there’s more likely to be scope for the Blues to usher in much-needed reinforcements this month.

Premier League participant wished by Everton

As reported by Fabrizio Romano on Twitter earlier this week, Everton had “opened talks” with Aston Villa, as they try and signal Jaden Philogene.

Nonetheless, in an enormous twist, the participant is now on his approach to Ipswich City with Fabrizio Romano having revealed on Wednesday night time that he is attributable to journey to Portman Street for a medical.

Regardless of being simply 22-years-old, Philogene has already performed for Stoke Metropolis, Cardiff Metropolis, Hull Metropolis and now Aston Villa twice.

It was final season, when he was with the Tigers, he actually burst onto the scene, scoring an astonishing rabona towards Rotherham in February 2024, that was nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award.

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This led to journalist Lewis Railton describing him as a “skilful, but direct winger”, labelling him a “actual expertise”.

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How Jaden Philogene would have improved Everton’s assault

Nicely, since shifting again to the Midlands, the winger has been given restricted alternatives, beginning simply 4 matches throughout all competitions, totalling 535 minutes general, but to register a objective or an help throughout his second spell in claret and blue.

Thus, a transfer away from Villa Park in January may very well be finest for Philogene’s improvement.

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As talked about earlier, Everton actually discover targets onerous to return by; they’re the bottom scorers within the Premier League this season with simply 15 targets, whereas they’re additionally backside of the xG standings, accumulating a miserly 18.1 to this point.

Their joint-top scorers are Dwight McNeil and Iliman Ndiaye, each with a miserly three targets, so how does Philogene examine to the Toffees’ present wide-attackers?

Philogene vs Everton’s wingers (23/24 & 24/25)

Statistic

Philogene

McNeil

Harrison

Ndiaye

Appearances

48

56

54

67

Minutes

3,353

4,732

3,720

4,116

Targets

12

7

4

8

Assists

6

10

3

3

Progressive carries

163

111

89

137

Photographs

125

90

60

73

Photographs on course %

32%

27.4%

21.7%

31.5%

Targets – xG

+3.3

+1.7

-2.8

-1.3

Shot-creating actions

133

190

87

130

Take-on success %

44.7%

48.5%

36.4%

50.7%

All statistics courtesy of FBref.com

As outlined, because the begin of final season, Philogene compares favourably to Everton’s current winger choices.

Shot-creating actions are items of play that result in a shot. These embody moments reminiscent of a move, take-on or foul being drawn.

He is scored extra targets, registered extra progressive carries and tried extra pictures than all the trio, most crucially of all, Philogene has overperformced his xG, whereas Jack Harrison and Ndiaye have each underperformed theirs.

McNeil, essentially the most spectacular of the Toffees’ trio, has missed the final six video games attributable to a knee harm, with Dyche describing this concern as “a bit trickier than we thought”, however even when he was enjoying usually, Philogene was outperforming his numbers.

Thus, put succinctly, this can be a deal Everton needs to be gutted about failing to finish.

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