No new signings, Gordon sold – can Dyche save Everton after disastrous January window ?

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Just 17 games left 

The January transfer window was, unsurprisingly, another busy period for the Premier League, as the English top-flight reached new heights in its extraordinary spending on new signings. However, one club that didn’t get to take part in the spending spree was Everton. And it may end up costing them dearly in the coming relegation race. 

Less Gallagher, more Isco – Everton’s dreadful January window 

Indeed, while most of the Merseyside club’s main rivals at the bottom of the table were busy picking up new signings, Everton somehow managed to conclude the transfer period by selling one of their star players without managing to sign a replacement. Young winger Anthony Gordon was sold to Newcastle for €45.6 million, offering the side some money to reinvest elsewhere. But no new recruits ever materialised. 

Ayew, Isco & Co. – Notable free agents

Bojan Krkic – Marktwert: €0.5m

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Salif Sané – Market value: €0.5m

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Havard Nordtveit – Market value: €0.6m

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Hatem Ben Arfa – Market value: €0.8m

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Last club: LOSC Lille

Simone Zaza – Market value: €0.8m

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Jetro Willems – Market value: €0.8m

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Alexandre Pato – Market value: €1m

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Dani Alves – Market value: €1m

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Milos Jojic – Market value: €1.2m

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Eliaquim Mangala – Market value: €1.2m

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Max Kruse – Market value: €1.5m

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Danny Rose – Market value: €1.5m

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Last club: Watford

Nikola Maksimovic – Market value: €2m

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Jürgen Locadia – Market value: €2m

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André Ayew – Market value: €2.2m

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Zakaria Labyad – Market value: €2.5m

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Jesé – Market value: €2.7m

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Santiago Arias – Market value: €3m

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Last club: Atlético

Eddie Segura – Market value: €4m

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Alejandro Pozuelo – Market value: €4m

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Last club: Inter Miami

Artem Dzyuba – Market value: €4m

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Sime Vrsaljko – Market value: €4m

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Isco – Market value: €9m

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That’s not to say that the club weren’t strongly linked with exciting new signings. But whether it be Arnaut Danjuma, Kamaldeen Sulemana, Felipe, Anthony Elanga or Conor Gallagher, rumours of fantastic new recruits all followed the same unfortunate fate: plenty of buzz, only for the story to slowly fall apart. Now, with the window firmly shut, the club are reportedly working on moves for free agents like Isco and André Ayew. But it remains to be seen whether these are also wide of the mark or, if signed, could even make much of a difference. 

Dyche’s record in the PL – is it good enough to avoid relegation? 

One new face at Goodison Park in January was Sean Dyche, who made the move to Everton as their new manager to replace the recently sacked Frank Lampard. And while the 51-year-old head coach may not be as exciting a signing as Gallagher or Danjuma, he may prove to be far more pivotal in keeping the club in the Premier League this season. 

Unlike Lampard, Dyche has a track record in the English top-flight of building teams that are hard to beat and slowly but surely claw their way up the league table and away from relegation. Which is why he not only helped Burnley earn promotion to the Premier League, but also managed to keep them in the top division for six seasons. But will he be able to work his magic at Everton between now and the end of the season? 

At this point in the season, Everton have 17 games remaining to save themselves from relegation. If we take Dyche’s average points per game record during his time with Burnley in the division, it would suggest that he could manage to pick up another 19 points between now and the end of the season. That would give Everton a final points tally of 35. Over the course of the last five Premier League seasons, only one club has managed to avoid relegation with that points tally.  

From Jorginho to Fernández – The most expensive January transfers in 2022/23

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Jorginho | Chelsea to Arsenal | Fee: €11.3m

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Youssouf Ndayishimiye | Basaksehir to OGC Nice | Fee: €11.5m

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Danny Ings | Aston Villa to West Ham | Fee: €12m

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Maximilian Wöber | Salzburg to Leeds | Fee: €12m

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Naouirou Ahamada | Stuttgart to Crystal Palace | Fee: €12m

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David Datro Fofana | Molde to Chelsea | Fee: €12m

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Fernando Gorriarán | Santos Laguna to Tigres | Fee: €12.2m

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Andrey Santos | Vasco da Gama to Chelsea | Fee: €12.5m

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Álex Moreno | Betis to Aston Villa | Fee: €13.5m

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Carlos Alcaraz | Racing Club to Southampton | Fee: €13.7m

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Victor Kristiansen | FC Copenhagen to Leicester | Fee: €14m

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Gerson | Olympique Marseille to Flamengo | Fee: €15m

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Jhon Durán | Chicago to Aston Villa | Fee: €16.6m

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Harry Souttar | Stoke to Leicester | Fee: €17m

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João Gomes | Flamengo to Wolves | Fee: €18.7m

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Danilo | Palmeiras to Nottingham Forest | Fee: €20m

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Dango Ouattara | Lorient to Bournemouth | Fee: €22.5m

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Ilya Zabarnyi | Dynamo Kyiv to Bournemouth | Fee: €22.7m

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Leandro Trossard | Brighton to Arsenal | Fee: €24m

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Jakub Kiwior | Spezia to Arsenal | Fee: €25m

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Georginio Rutter | Hoffenheim to Leeds | Fee: €28m

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Malo Gusto | Olympique Lyon to Chelsea | Fee: €30m

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Vitinha | Braga to Olympique Marseille | Fee: €32m

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Noni Madueke | PSV Eindhoven to Chelsea | Fee: €35m

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Benoît Badiashile | Monaco to Chelsea | Fee: €38m

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Cody Gakpo | PSV Eindhoven to Liverpool | Fee: €42m

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Anthony Gordon | Everton to Newcastle | Fee: €45.6m

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Mykhaylo Mudryk | Shakhtar to Chelsea | Fee: €70m

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Enzo Fernández | Benfica to Chelsea | Fee: €121m

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If Dyche can get Everton playing as well as his Burnley side in 2019/20, when he averaged 1.42 points per league game, it would mean the Merseyside club could potentially pick up another 24 points before the end of the season. That would put them on 39 points, which has proved to be enough to avoid relegation for each of the last five seasons. So, in other words, Dyche may have to be at his absolute best as Everton manage to help this historic club from dropping into the second tier of English football for the first time since 1951. 


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