Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
If you're having to go back 20 years for some decent examples then that suggests we probably haven't been doing that well recently
You’re not going to get multiple PL prospects out of your academy every year. No team gets that. The youngsters who have come through or we have bought that require development and have been good enough at Everton have made it and some have gone to the very top. We could and should change our transfer policy to buy more of these types but the ones who do come in do well.
Richarlison is potentially another one who was young when we bought him, turned him into a Brazilian international and their starting striker and sold him for 60 mill
Onana has now captained Belgium and is undoubtedly improving. He’ll probably go for another top club.
Pickford was young in goalkeeping terms and became England’s number 1
Branthwaite could well be another one
I’ve not given up on Patterson. Get him fully fit and playing regularly and I think he’ll turn out to be a good player, people are just weird about him because Benitez bought him and Dave doesn’t like him. Bit odd knocking a young lad though who’s been injured most of his time with us.
There’s a lot wrong at Everton without inventing something that we don’t really have a problem with.