The Leicester City goalkeeper could be on the move at the end of the season but Everton already have a goalkeeper at the top of his game.
On the seventh of May last year, Kasper became the second of the Schmeichel clan to raise the Premier League trophy proudly above his head.
Leicester City had just vanquished Everton 3-1 at a raucous, Bocelli-soundtracked King Power Stadium in full party swing, Jamie Vardy firing the clincher past Joel Robles before aiming the most smug gesture imaginable at visiting goalkeeper Joel Robles. He was a Premier League champion after all.
And if Joel harboured any ill-feeling towards Leicester, then a report in the Daily Mirror that Everton could replace him with Foxes shot-stopper Schmeichel add injury to the insult.
The publication claims that Ronald Koeman is a huge fan of the £15million-rated Dane and, with Joel’s contract due to expire at the end of next season, the Dutchman is looking to nail down his goalkeeping position for the long-term.
Although this feels especially harsh on the resurgent Spaniard. Since Maarten Stekelenberg hobbled out of the Merseyside derby in December, Everton are unbeaten in eight with Joel between the sticks. They have kept five clean sheets in that time too, Joel’s Krypton-born reactions preventing Middlesbrough’s Rudy Gestede at the death last week.
And the fact that Schmeichel has averaged more saves per game this season should be taken with a pinch of salt. After all, Leicester are hardly adept at preventing chances.
Joel, meanwhile, appears sharper than ever, making an impressive number of reactive, close-range stops while his ability to play out from the back offers Everton variety in their build-up play.
Schmeichel may have hung a Premier League medal around his neck a few months ago but that does not automatically mean Joel should humbly step aside.
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