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As the football world tries to adapt to the current global crisis, we can take a more detailed look into how Everton’s transfer intentions in the summer may have been affected from a financial point of view.

In a recent report, it was declared that as a result of current events, Transfermarkt values on the majority of worldwide players has dropped significantly. For those born after 1998, the decrease has been capped at 10%, but others have seen their value drop by up to 20% in other cases.

English clubs have suffered an overall €2billion (£871.5m) deficit, with Manchester City and Liverpool being hit the hardest worldwide. But what do these price drops mean for clubs further down the table? Could we see summer deals altered or even funds exhausted? Football FanCast has taken a look at what this current situation could mean for Everton’s business.

Allan (-£9m)

The Blues have been linked to several big Series A names since Carlo Ancelotti took the reins, including Andrea Belotti according to Tuttosport via Daily Mail. A recent report from Corriere dello Sport (via Sports Witness) has now claimed that Everton have offered ‘more or less €50m’ (£43.6m) for Napoli’s Allan.

The Brazilian’s stats leave a lot to be desired though, accumulating just two goals and three assists across all competitions in his last two seasons. However, amid the current market decline, Allan’s Transfermarkt value has dropped to just £28.8m, which could reflect in deals moving forward if these links are to come to fruition.

Italy has been on a national lockdown for more than a month now and the Serie A season hiatus has been further extended to May 3 (via ESPN). If the league continues to progress into uncertainty, Italian sides may be looking to panic sell in the summer in order to keeps books balanced. Therefore, a move for Allan for a lower price could potentially be an option for Everton if they have made their minds up on him. But they must consider difficulties of their own and whether his recent form is worth the monetary risk.

Cenk Tosun (-£2.7m)

Everton’s Turkish striker has had a rollercoaster of a season. After being sent out to Crystal Palace on loan where he scored just one goal, he has returned to his parent club due to a ruptured ACL injury. The Eagles were reportedly keen on making Tosun’s deal permanent, but amid the current financial worries, Everton may have to find him a new home after his recovery.

Since December, the 28-year-old’s Transfermarkt value has dropped by £2.7m (£13.5m to £10.8m) which isn’t an overly damaging decline to his potential transfer status. With the rise of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, it’s likely the Blues will take whatever they can get for a player that has been phased out of the team.

Particularly if Wilfried Zaha gets his wish of a move away from Selhurst Park, Palace will be in need of another attacker and that could be enough to twist their arm into signing Tosun permanently.

Jordan Pickford (-£6.3m)

It seems Ancelotti is willing to really take the next transfer window by the throat and kit out this Everton side as well as overhauling the deadwood. Jordan Pickford – once the most expensive British goalkeeper – has done nothing but disappoint fans lately and reportedly, Chelsea are interested in the shot-stopper.

According to a report by Tuttomercatoweb (via HITC), Frank Lampard is unconvinced by Kepa Arizzabalaga and has set his sights on Everton’s No.1. Despite his Transfermarkt value taking a hit of £6.3m (£31.5m down to £25.2m), Pickford’s price tag is reportedly over €50m (£43.5m) and Chelsea have initiated contact.

If the London outfit’s interest increases, Everton could face a difficult decision over whether to cash in on their first-choice goalkeeper in order to steady the bank. Ancelotti has stated he will not be letting the Englishman go, but in these unexpected circumstances, will Pickford be sacrificed to help ease the club’s financial worries?

This article is part of Football FanCast’s Transfer Focus series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent transfer news…

According to The Daily Mail, Bayern Munich have Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson “on their radar” as a potential signing.

What’s the word?

The 22-year-old has been very impressive whilst on loan at fellow Premier League side Sheffield United, helping the Blades to concede just nine goals this season in their return to the top-flight – the second-best defensive record in the league, only behind second-placed Leicester.

Despite signing a new contract with United in the summer before heading back to Bramall Lane for another season-long loan, The Daily Mail claim Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich have Henderson “on their radar”, and that they have earmarked the Englishman as a potential long-term successor to current number one shot-stopper Manuel Neuer.

The Sancho effect

Make no mistake about it, the longer Henderson continues to impress at Sheffield United, the more likely it is other clubs will begin to circle around with intentions of permanently luring him away from Old Trafford. Bayern’s interest in the 22-year-old is particularly significant given the success of Jadon Sancho at Borussia Dortmund, who has effectively trail-blazed a path for young British talent to find regular first-team opportunities abroad – the ex-Manchester City man has already played 71 times for their first-team.

After handing Henderson a new long-term contract, the expectation may have been that he would then go on to take over from David de Gea as first-choice goalkeeper at United – particularly when the Spain international’s future at Old Trafford was up in the air.

But fast forward a few months later, and the former Atletico Madrid man has himself put pen to paper on a fresh deal, leaving Henderson with a major dilemma on his hands. Does he stick with a dream of eventually displacing De Gea, or does he follow in the footsteps of fellow Englishman Sancho, and make the move to German in search for pastures new? If anything, United must be very concerned about letting the £6.3m-rated ace slip through their hands.

This article is part of Football FanCast’s In Numbers series, which takes a statistical look at performances, season-long form and reported transfer targets… 

Wolverhampton Wanderers moved up into fifth position in the Premier League with victory at the weekend.

The west Midlanders made it eight games unbeaten with a 2-1 win over ten-man AFC Bournemouth on the south coast thanks to first-half strikes from Joao Moutinho, fresh from signing a contract extension, and Raul Jimenez, who netted his 14th of the season.

After a tough start to life this campaign, Wolves are finally finding their feet and are replicating the sort of form that saw them reach the dazzling heights of seventh last term.

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Europa League contention combined with injuries has made Nuno Santo’s job all that more difficult, but that hasn’t stopped him from pulling off a few genius tactical decisions.

His transformation of Adama Traore has been seen since early doors with the Spanish winger well on his way to a career-year with two goals and six assists, while Leander Dendoncker has made his new centre-back role his own with a string of fine performances.

And now, the Portuguese chief has only gone and done it again. This time with Romain Saiss, who seems to be the man tasked with filling Willy Boly’s void.

His showing against Bournemouth showed exactly why Nuno has trusted him with such a responsibility, and it also only speaks volumes about how tactically spot on the boss has been recently.

Per SofaScore, Saiss won 75% of his aerial duels, recorded a huge nine clearances and managed to still display his ball-playing abilities with a passing accuracy of 91%.

Only one team has lost fewer matches than Wolves in this current Premier League season – Liverpool, who are some eight points clear of second-placed Leicester City.

This sort of achievement only emphasises how well Nuno has his side playing, and it is decisions like this one with Saiss that are testament to his managerial ability.

The Molineux-based side are continuing to perform even with gaping holes in their defence. Technically, all of their back three on Saturday were midfielders with Conor Coady’s career shift just yet another example of Nuno’s clever mind.

In other news… One Wolves loanee has been given a glowing review by Tim Spiers.

This article is part of Football FanCast’s Pundit View series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent quotes from journalists, pundits, players and managers…

Sky Sports pundit Charlie Nicholas has been discussing Southampton in his Premier League predictions column, ahead of the Saints’ game against Manchester City this weekend.

The south coast side face a trip to the Etihad Stadium after their last league outing saw them suffer a 9-0 defeat to Leicester – the Foxes equalled the 24-year long record for the largest ever Premier League win set by Manchester United in 1995 with the victory.

Southampton did face the Citizens in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday, succumbing to a 3-1 defeat, and Nicholas has shared his views on this weekend’s league clash between the two.

What did he say?

Nicholas wrote: “What a wonder result for Southampton, only losing 3-1 through the week to – dare I say – ease the pain. Should Ralph Hasenhuttl be under pressure? No and I don’t think he is. It is one of the weekends where Southampton will wonder what to do. They will want to get over the line without being too embarrassed.”

Nicholas right to say Hasenhuttl shouldn’t be under pressure 

As bad as things are at St Mary’s right now, Hasenhuttl isn’t solely to blame.

The Saints have conceded the most goals in the Premier League with 25 concessions in ten games, and have also scored the third-least amount of goals in the top-flight with just nine.

Despite these unflattering statistics, it appears as if the players are the ones letting the side and Hasenhuttl down on the most part – not the other way around.

This is a sentiment that we have already outlined using the xG and xPTS tables, and it’s also being quickly forgotten that Southampton have endured an incredibly tough start to the season.

After facing Manchester City, they’ll have played seven of last season’s top nine – including a vastly improved Leicester team – in just eleven Premier League games. It’s probably the hardest run of fixtures a team will have all year, and continues into November with clashes against Everton and Arsenal.

There aren’t many managers who wouldn’t be feeling the heat given the circumstances, but Nicholas is right. Hasenhuttl is a well-established manager who pulled off last season’s great escape and helped RB Leipzig reach second in the Bundesliga – he deserves support from the club, not scrutiny.

رد جوليان ناجيلسمان المدير الفني لفريق لايبزيج الألماني، على شائعات انتقال مدافعه الفرنسي إبراهيما كوناتي إلى ليفربول في الصيف المقبل.

صاحب الـ21 عامًا ارتبط بالانتقال إلى ليفربول في الشهر المقبل، بعد نهاية الموسم، وسط تقارير تشير إلى أن الصفقة قد حُسمت “طالع التفاصيل”.

جوليان ناجيلسمان رد على تلك الأنباء التي تشير إلى انتقال لاعبه لـ ليفربول، وقال في تصريحات لمجلة “كيكر” الألمانية: “أنظر إلى تلك الأنباء مثل جميع الشائعات الأخرى”.

وأضاف: “هذا ليس مهمًا بالنسبة لي، لم أتحدث معه عن هذا الأمر حتى الآن، وعندما تحدثنا معه عن هذا الشهر، أخبرنا أنه يركز فقط على مستقبله مع لايبزيج”.

اللاعب الفرنسي نفسه كان قد صرح لصحيفة “بيلد”: “غالبًا ما تكون هناك شائعات في كرة القدم، ويصدقها الكثيرون على الفور، لكنني لم أتلق أي اتصال من ليفربول”.

While the whole world focuses on the decline of Manchester United and Tottenham, Everton’s very own poor run of form has gone relatively under the radar – unless you’re one of the unfortunate few that has the utter displeasure of watching Marco Silva’s side play on a weekly basis, of course.Since beating Wolves at the beginning of September, the Toffees have lost against Bournemouth, Sheffield United, Manchester City and Burnley and currently find themselves sat in the relegation zone. Bear in mind, this is a club that have spent over half a billion in the market in the past four years alone (according to Transfermarkt) but haven’t managed to finish above fifth place since 2004/05.Should Silva be doing better with the players he has at his disposal? Quite simply, yes – Everton don’t belong in 18th place.With the international break upon us, the Everton board have plenty of time to ponder on what they should do with their hapless coach, and we imagine if they don’t get a result against West Ham United, which isn’t exactly the easiest place to go, and lift themselves out of the relegation zone, then it could be curtains for the Portuguese.But who will replace him? Ray Parlour and Alan Brazil gave their thoughts on the matter…

This article is part of Football FanCast’s Opinion series, which provides analysis, insight and opinion on any issue within the beautiful game, from Paul Pogba’s haircuts to League Two relegation battles…

As Southampton’s players slowly departed the Etihad turf following a 2-1 defeat in November 2017, aside from the congratulatory and conciliatory handshakes that were a typical sight at the conclusion of a game, one exchange stood out in particular.

Pep Guardiola, animated beyond his usual stature, engaged in conversation with Nathan Redmond and seemingly looked frustrated as he shouted at the Saints forward with his hand covering his mouth. Redmond replied in a remarkably calm manner, and even felt it necessary to issue a statement following the game to dispel any rumours that the Spanish boss had been agitated or angry at him as a result of the game.

It was quite the opposite in fact, as confirmed by Redmond himself, per The Guardian: “he was only very complimentary and positive to me.”

Guardiola’s comments during that game in November were not merely a standard observation: his passionate discussion with Redmond pointed to a manager who believed that the 25-year-old was being under-utilised in the system that was deployed at the Etihad.

Yet whilst Guardiola’s remarks referred to Redmond’s performance in one specific game, the Spaniard’s comments point to a wider picture regarding the England international’s potential – a sense of raw ability that may require a transfer to be fully realised and utilised elsewhere.

Since arriving at St Mary’s in 2016, Redmond has become one of the Saints’ most important attacking players, but his club’s regression following the departure of Mauricio Pochettino has led to the diminishing of an attacking philosophy that was once a recognisable identity on the south coast.

Although current boss Hasenhüttl is attempting to rebuild and reinstate that attacking ethos, to a varying degree of success, at the age of 25 Redmond arguably has one, possibly two, significant career moves left. Having been capped by England, he is a player that belongs at the highest level, with his continuous improvement through spells at Birmingham City, Norwich City and now Southampton attesting to his potential.

The forward won both the fans’ and players’ player of the year awards at the end of the 2018/19 campaign, highlighting how his contribution has been recognised by both his fellow teammates and the Saints’ supporters.

With his side sitting 17th in the Premier League table, the 2019/20 campaign could potentially mark yet another campaign of attempting to stave off relegation for the south coast side, and the comments that Guardiola made during that defeat at the Etihad could be set to ring true once more.

Redmond is a player with huge potential, and despite Hasenhuttl’s best efforts to transform Southampton into an attacking side reminiscent of the Ronald Koeman and Pochettino eras, it would appear he is currently falling short.

A price that may be consequently paid is the departure of the supremely talented Redmond to a new challenge, whether it be in England or further afield.

كشفت تقارير صحفية إيطالية عن توتر العلاقة بين لاعب فريق مانشستر سيتي سيرجيو أجويرو، والمدرب بيب جوارديولا.

ومن المقرر أن ينتهي العقد الحالي للمهاجم الأرجنتيني مع مانشستر سيتي في الصيف القادم.

ولا توجد أي مؤشرات حتى الآن حول إمكانية توقيع أجويرو على عقد جديد في ملعب الاتحاد.

وتراجع دور أجويرو بشكل ملحوظ في الموسم الحالي بسبب كثرة إصاباته والتي أبعدته عن العديد من المباريات في مختلف المسابقات.

أجويرو شارك في 14 مباراة فقط هذا الموسم، حتى الآن.

اقرأ أيضًا.. مانشستر سيتي يحدد شرط بيع بنجامين ميندي في الصيف

وحسب صحيفة “جازيتا ديلو سبورت” الإيطالية، فإن أجويرو يقترب بشكل كبير من مغادرة مانشستر سيتي نهاية الموسم الحالي.

وأوضحت أن العلاقة في الفترة الحالية بين أجويرو وجوارديولا يشوبها التوتر بشكل ملحوظ.

وأفادت أن علاقة أجويرو مع مدرب مانشستر سيتي قد تراجعت بشكل كبير، وهو ما يقرب رحيله من النادي الإنجليزي.

وأشارت إلى أن أجويرو لن يجد صعوبة في إيجاد وجهته المقبلة، حيث يتواجد بالفعل على رادار العديد من الأندية مثل برشلونة ويوفنتوس وإنتر ميلان.

قال طارق يحيى لاعب ومدرب الزمالك الأسبق، إن فريق الترجي التونسي، واجه الأبيض بتنظيم قوي جدًا، كما نجح في إغلاق طرق اللعب على مضيفه.

وكان الزمالك قد نال خسارته على يد الترجي بهدف دون رد في اللقاء الذي أقيم بينهما على ملعب “استاد القاهرة” في رابع جولات دور المجموعات ببطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

فيديو | الزمالك يخسر أمام الترجي في القاهرة ويقترب من توديع دوري أبطال إفريقيا

وقال يحيى في تصريحات تلفزيونية بفضائية “الزمالك”: “معين الشعباني مدرب الترجي أغلق كل نقاط القوة لفريق الزمالك”.

وأضاف: “الترجي لعب بشكل تنظيمي غير عادي، ولاعبو الزمالك كانوا غير قادرين على خلق فرص وانعدمت الخطورة بشكل كبير”.

وتابع: “يجب على لاعبي الزمالك أن يصبوا تركيزهم على التأهل بشكل أكبر، الأمل ما زال موجودًا”.

واستكلم: “أريد أن يأخذ لاعبو الزمالك مباراة الترجي التونسي كدرس للمباراتين المقبلتين، وألا يصابون بالإحباط، ولا تراجع ولا استسلام في مباراة الجزائر”.

واستكمل: “فيتا كلوب تعادل مع الأهلي في القاهرة 2-2، اليوم في الكونغو فاز الأحمر، حالة لاعبي الأهلي اختلفت وظهر الفارق مع فيتا”.

واختتم: “يجب أن يكون لدينا عزيمة أكثر من ذلك لأن مباراة تلو الأخرى نفقد الثقة”.

فاز فريق باريس سان جيرمان على مُضيفه بريست بثلاثة أهداف نظيفة، في المباراة التي جمعت بين الفريقين مساء أمس السبت، على ملعب “فرانسيس لو بلي”، ضمن لقاءات دور الـ32 من كأس فرنسا.

انتهى الشوط الأول من المباراة بتقدم النادي الباريسي بهدفين نظيفين، الأول سجّله الفرنسي كيليان مبابي في الدقيقة التاسعة.

اقرأ أيضًا.. بين باريس سان جيرمان ومانشستر يونايتد.. تقارير تكشف الوجهة المُحتملة لـ دوناروما

وقبل نهاية الشوط الأول وبالدقيقة 44، تمكن المُتألق مؤخرًا الإسباني بابلو سارابيا من إحراز الهدف الثاني للنادي الباريسي.

وفي الشوط الثاني من اللقاء، تمكن مبابي من إحراز الهدف الثالث لـ باريس سان جيرمان، والثاني له في المباراة بالدقيقة 73.

باريس سان جيرمان بانتصاره على بريست، تمكن من التأهل إلى ثمن نهائي الكأس، وسيتعين عليه انتظار انتهاء باقي مُباريات هذا الدور، لمعرفة مُنافسة في الدور القادم. شاهد أهداف مباراة باريس سان جيرمان وبريست