Famalicão’s rise to the summit in Portugal is simply rubbing it in for the floundering Everton manager. He was the man the Everton manager leaned on last season to help rectify a dreadful run and the team’s consistent inability to defend at set pieces. Yet another Everton manager is shuffling towards the precipice. It is not a media construct to label West Ham’s visit to Goodison Park on Saturday a monumental afternoon for Silva’s Everton career. Silva expected Chelsea to sell Zouma, who enjoyed a successful loan at Everton last season, despite them being under a transfer embargo.

Source: The Guardian October 12, 2019 10:52 UTC