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Carlo Ancelotti went shopping with money from Everton and came back full of good news: three ideal reinforcements to solve the biggest mess he has, the intermittency of his midfield.
The Italian has invested 70 million euros in three players with profiles and characteristics that must be complementary: James (Real Madrid), Allan (Napoli) and Doucouré (Watford). Now you just need to put the puzzle pieces on the field and make them fit. How? There is the question.
The Liverpool Echo newspaper enthusiastically celebrated the arrival of reinforcements, as injuries and poor performance in some cases made the team too dependent on men like Tom Davies, Andre Gomes, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Morgan Schneiderlin. The latter was never brilliant but at the end of the season he showed that he understood DT’s idea, Sigurdsson made the effort to play on the outside and did not perform as expected and both Gomes and Davies were left in debt when it came to occupying spaces especially at the offensive. That’s why reinforcements had to arrive. And those that Ancelotti chose, on paper, will each bring that spark that was missed in 2019/2020.
James, the new Coutinho?
“While we would rather not use a former Liverpool player as an example of what we might expect from a new Everton signing, it could be anticipated that perhaps his role will be similar to Philipe Coutinho at Anfield before joining Barcelona.” Thus, without much room for speculation, they define James in their new team.
What if. It is expected that if there is a clear man in the remove and the pass (Allan) and another with exit by band (Doucuure), the Colombian will be the magician who removes the rabbit from the hat: in an ideal world he would be the third in discord in a 4-3-3 or the midfielder who is doing the best for him at 4-2-3-1, but at least for the beginning of his career with the Toffees what is expected is that he will go to the right in a 4- 4-2.
It would be his first challenge because he knows the position (of Madrid, Bayern and even the Colombian National Team) and because, except Walcott, there is no one else for that vacancy.
“The inclusion of Rodriguez in this position would give Everton another dimension to their attack. He will not be a traditional wide man, driving at high speed down the line before looking to make crosses into the penalty area. Instead, he will probably look to exploit the areas on the outside, acting as an advanced playmaker and trying to test his left foot towards goal, “sums up the Liverpool Echo.
And pay attention, that the detail of the right side here will not be minor: it may be Seamus Coleman, Jonjoe Kenny or some last minute reinforcement, but you must know that your mission will be to take care of the back of a James more destined to create than to cut game. Yes, as in the national team …
Allan and Doucoré, complementary
The reason Allan comes to Everton is his defensive capabilities. “He is a relentless and forceful presser, the best in most defensive duels. It is essential that a midfield possesses such a figure in the modern game and, to put it bluntly, the Blues have not had it since the departure of Idrissa Gueye the last summer, “says the source. Without a doubt, the Brazilian is the most anticipated on the list of reinforcements.
And then there is Doucouré: “he is the definition of power in midfield and could be the perfect option to accompany Allan. Like the Brazilian, he is aggressive when pressing the ball and is very skilled despite his size (1.82m)” .
In an odious comparison with Liverpool, a backyard rival, they would be Henderson (Fabinho) and Keita (or Wijnaldum), but in a blue suit. And yes, James, the different one, the Coutinho or perhaps the Firmino of history.
Then, it is expected that Allan’s natural replacement will be Jean-Philippe Gbamin to Bernard, Alex Iwobi and Anthony Gordon on the left, they will have to risk their lives for the starter and in the end, as one analyst would say, Richarlison will have to take advantage of the team that They mounted him on his back to take away creative tasks and give him space for his own, which is the goal. They won’t say that this new Everton doesn’t invite illusion, right?
