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da dobrowin： Everton did not sign a striker in the summer and are now facing the consequences, so they must target Olivier Giroud in January.
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Everton would have thought they had the squad needed to challenge in the 2018/19 Premier League season when the summer transfer window slammed shut, but the lack of form shown by Cenk Tosun in the early matches highlighted just how wide of the mark the club was.
Unconvinced by Tosun, Marco Silva was forced to look at his players for a new lead man wherever he could, leading to Richarlison and Dominic Calvin-Lewin acting as strikers despite both being wide forwards.
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Even Richarlison’s supreme start to life as a Toffee from the wing was not enough for the Brazilian to be the striker the club needed, having still not sufficiently replaced Romelu Lukaku since his move to Manchester United.
Had Ronald Koeman signed the striker in summer 2017 he reckons would have kept him in the job, Everton would be in a far better position.
Olivier Giroud was the man the now-Dutch national side coach desperately wanted to sign, having witnessed the Frenchman’s role at the Emirates slip from a key starter to substitute.
Close, but must be closer
Giroud even admitted he came close to moving to Goodison Park, but opted to stick it out at the Emirates before eventually moving on in January to sign with the Gunners’ London rivals Chelsea.
That move, though, may have served its purpose with the Frenchman re-establishing his Premier League presence in order to secure his seat on France’s plane to the World Cup in Russia. Aside from that, it’s not come with massive success and he remains a rotation option – just now with Alvaro Morata instead of Alexandre Lacazette.
On top of that, Giroud’s contract is due to expire at the end of the season and Chelsea have been tipped to upgrade their strike force in January, possibly with a swoop for Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi, so the potential is certainly there for the striker’s current club to sell mid-season.
Silva, then, should scrap any thought of targeting a striker that is not the 2018 World Cup winner and do what Koeman could not. Bringing Giroud to Goodison Park and making the Frenchman a Toffee would add what the club needs more than anything by giving it a top draw target man.
The 32-year-old will bring a value to the squad far higher than his potential transfer fee, with Transfermarkt suggesting a market value of £16.2million. He can hold the ball up for Richarlison breaking away on the wing, but also make the darting runs to the front post to beat his man and find the net.
Bringing Giroud to Everton would give the whole club a lift, allowing the key stars to shine and making a return to challenging the ‘Top 6’ on merit, rather than when a big hitter misses the cut.