Kevin Thelwell faces major questions amid Armando Broja news at Everton
Kevin Thelwell will have to hold his hands up if Armando Broja cannot make a telling impact for Everton this season.
Despite what started as an extremely exciting transfer window for the Toffees, Sean Dyche has been left with a very limited selection of players, which has shown during the opening few games of the season.
The Toffees’ only victory of the 2024/25 campaign has come in the EFL Cup against Doncaster Rovers, having lost all three Premier League matches to Brighton, Tottenham and Bournemouth.
While the team finally opened its goalscoring account against the Cherries, it remains obvious that Dyche’s team lacks firepower in the final third, unable to score against Brighton or Spurs.
Fans were calling out for a last-minute signing before the transfer window slammed shut, entering advanced talks for Lyon’s Ernest Nuamah, as per HITC, before ending up with Armando Broja.
Kevin Thelwell to blame if Armando Broja flops at Everton
While Everton will not pay any part of the Chelsea forward’s wages while recovering from injury [Sunday Mirror], the 22-year-old could be sidelined as late as mid-October [David Ornstein].
The Armenian’s most recent goalscoring record suggests there is little for fans to be excited for, having scored zero goals during his loan spell at Fulham and only three goals in 37 Chelsea appearances before that.
There is definitely a talented player in there somewhere, having scored nine goals for Southampton while on loan at St Mary’s Stadium in the 2021/22 campaign, but there is little hope he can reproduce this.
If Broja is unable to rediscover that form, Thelwell will have plenty of questions to answer over what has been deemed a mixed transfer window for the Toffees.
Dyche is desperate for a reliable goalscorer, one who is much more deadly in front of goal than Dominic Calvert-Lewin, and the likelihood is that Thelwell has failed to bring that player to Goodison Park this summer.
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