Everton winger Nikola Vlasic is out of favour under Sam Allardyce.
Everton are back in Premier League action this weekend as they take on Brighton and Hove Albion at Goodison Park, and will be looking for a morale-boosting win.
The Toffees are coming off the back of two away defeats at Watford and Burnley, and manager Sam Allardyce desperately needs a win to ease the mounting pressure on his position.
Allardyce will be considering changes to the side which lost at Burnley, but one player who shouldn’t expect to feature is winger Nikola Vlasic.
The 20-year-old Croatian, signed from Hajduk Split last summer in a £10million deal (BBC Sport), had shown promise under Ronald Koeman, but has featured just twice under Allardyce in 2018, and hasn’t been seen since January 20th.
Now, Allardyce has told the Liverpool Echo that he feels it has been a difficult season for the youngster, and he may only feature regularly from next season onwards.
With Everton struggling, fans want to see Vlasic be given a chance to shine, and Allardyce’s comments haven’t gone down well on Twitter.
Many believe that Allardyce is misusing Vlasic and other young Everton talents, calling for him to feature ahead of somebody like Yannick Bolasie between now and the end of the season.
Others forgot that Vlasic was even at the club due to Allardyce not using him, whilst one fan believes that Allardyce won’t even be around to see Vlasic in action next season anyway, predicting his sacking.
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