Grading the summer transfer window: Everton

Sandro Ramirez

Sandro Ramirez has yet to find the net for Everton

Along with Rooney, Ramirez was supposed to make up for the sale of Romelu Lukaku by providing Everton with a new source of goals from the front, but despite 10 appearances in all competitions for his new club he has yet to find the back of the net. Part of this has clearly been down to Everton’s poor overall form – they’ve only scored four Premier League goals altogether – but the young Spaniard clearly hasn’t adapted as Toffees fans hoped he would.

Ronald Koeman has showed patience with Ramirez thus far, pointing out that it took Manchester United’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan a full season to get used to the Premier League and find his feet, but despite some fans being impressed with his early performances despite the lack of goals – probably due to his pace in comparison to Rooney – he’s largely been overshadowed by England youngster Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

Still, there are plenty of plus points surrounding Ramirez – he’s still just 22 years old, only cost £5.2m due to a minimum fee release clause in his contract at Malaga, and in Spain he had quite the reputation as he scored 14 goals in 30 league appearances in 2016/17. The jury is still out but I think it’s probably fair to give him time to settle in, as Koeman himself suggests. A first goal for his new club would work wonders.

Grading: 4/10