3 Everton players who could get more game time if Koeman is sacked

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If Ronald Koeman is sacked as manager could these Everton players benefit?

Everton manager Ronald Koeman awaits kick off in the UEFA Europa League Group E match against Lyon.

Pressure is mounting on Everton manager Ronald Koeman with the 2-1 Europa League defeat to Lyon just the latest in a string of disappointing results this season.

It is a run of form that has seen Koeman become the 1/6 favourite with Skybet to be the next Premier League boss to leave and if the Dutchman is sacked, here are three Toffees players who could benefit.

Ross Barkley of Everton celebrates scoring his side’s first goal during the Premier League match against Watford.

Ross Barkley

The reason Barkley has not played this term is due to injury, but back in July Koeman was quoted by ESPN saying that he was “100 percent” sure the midfielder would leave having entered the last year of his current contract.

The England international almost joined Chelsea on deadline day, as outlined by the Independent, and Tottenham Hotspur also showed interest, but could a change of management see the 23-year-old reconsider his future at Goodison Park?

Kevin Mirallas of Everton reacts after the Premier League match against Brighton and Hove Albion.

Kevin Mirallas

“I really wanted to come to Olympiakos,” Mirallas was quoted by Sky Sports after a deadline day move to his former club failed to materialise.

The Belgian has started just three matches this campaign, but with the Merseysiders lacking width does the 30-year-old still have something to offer?

Oumar Niasse

Demoted to the Under-23s and told he had no future at the club by Koeman, as reported by the Liverpool Echo, Niasse has admittedly been recalled in 2017/18 and scored three times.

Yet that was due to the 54-year-old’s desperation to find goals and has hardly given the 27-year-old a vote of confidence in the past, but maybe a change in the dugout could see that change – especially as the Senegal international is one of just two number natural nines currently at the club.