da bet vitoria： [ad_pod ]
da wazamba： Everton may potentially risk losing Ademola Lookman in the summer, unless Marco Silva throws the youngster into the starting eleven in place of the out-of-form Theo Walcott for the final few games of the season.
Makes sense for the team
Apart from the fact that the Toffees could potentially lose the England Under-21 international in the summer if he doesn’t get more game time, starting Lookman over Walcott would be entirely beneficial in terms of the pair’s impact on the pitch.
29-year-old Walcott has been extremely poor this season, scoring just three goals and recording two assists in his 28 league appearances so far, with many fans calling for him to be benched as a result.
In this era of ‘big 6’ dominance, has finishing 7th become as good as winning a trophy? The Pl>ymaker FC squad have their say in the video below…
In Lookman’s case, the fact that he has been handed just three Premier League starts is a disgrace. The former Charlton man possesses a wonderfully low centre of gravity that allows him to dribble past his opponents like they aren’t even there – the fact that he has the same amount of league assists as Walcott this season speaks volumes.
Lookman was misled in the summer
After a stunning run of form in the second half of last season whilst on loan at RB Leipzig, the Bundesliga club made an offer upwards of £25m for Lookman, which the Toffees rejected.
The 21-year-old scored five goals and set up a further three in just seven starts for the German side, but was not allowed to join them permanently after Silva said: “In my opinion he is the present and the future of the club and we have to try to convince him to go in this way as well.’
So, to say that, and then give him such little game time whilst Walcott performs so woefully is inexplicable. Lookman and his agent would be wise to tell the former Watford and Hull manager that he must start in the final few games of the season, or he will be looking to force a move away from the club in the summer.