Seasons2020-21Rumour Mill

Everton's forgotten man proving very hard to shift

Sandro Ramirez last donned the hallowed Blue Number 9 shirt of Everton Football club almost 3 years ago. Yet, for every week of those months and years he has not performed for the club that purchased him, around £65,000 has gone into his bank account.

Of all the dreadful failures Everton have achieved in the transfer market over recent years, Sandro's saga is up there with the very worst of them. He did actually score a goal in his astoundingly poor career record with Everton, which is more than he has managed on some of the loan spells spent subsequently in La Liga.

Carlo Ancelotti has made it clear the man from Malaga will not play for Everton again, and it is back home to the Iberian Peninsula where his future appears to lie, with Everton keen to find someone to take him off the books. There is interest rumoured from a slew of clubs — SD Eibar, along with SD Huesca, Elche CF and Valladolid have made enquiries about signing Sandro.

Also Braga and Sporting Lisbon in Portugal have made enquiries. But the challenge of those astounding wages mean that, at best, they could afford perhaps one-fifth of what the player is getting from the generous Everton charity.

So, although he may figure on the Rumour Mill as a possible departure, the more likely scenario will see him going out on loan again, with Everton continuing to pay that vast salary for the best part of another year until his generous contract finally expires in June 2021.

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