Everton have had a mixed start to life under Marco Silva and are currently 11th in the Premier League table.
15 months after he completed his £75 million move to Manchester United, the spectre of Romelu Lukkau is still hanging above Everton.
Try as they might, the Toffees have struggled to fill the void left by the prolific Belgian, who scored 87 goals in four seasons at Goodison Park.
Everton paid £27 million to sign Cenk Tosun from Besiktas in January, but the Turkish international has hit the net just six times in 22 league games for the Toffees and has recently been linked with a return to his former club by the Mail.
Speaking to the Jim White show on talkSPORT (17 October, 12:00pm), former Everton striker Tony Cottee says that a lack of a regular goal-scorer is the main issue facing head coach Marco Silva, while expressing doubts about Tosun’s suitability.
“They’ve got one massive, massive problem,” Cottee said. “They need a goal-scorer, they’ve needed it since Lukaku left.
“They signed Tosun. You need six, seven games to get that confidence and to show you can score every week but I don’t see that (in him).”
The early signs are that Richarlison could be the man to fill Lukaku’s boots at Goodison Park, however.
The Brazilian has been transformed into a number nine since his club-record £50 million move from Watford, scoring four times in six Premier League games so far.
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