Everton legend Tim Cahill has admitted that he would be keen to see Monaco’s Russia international Aleksandr Golovin leave the Ligue 1 giants for Rafa Benitez’s Premier League strugglers, speaking via Soccer RU.
The gulf between Everton and Liverpool has seldom been larger.
The 4-1 scoreline in Wednesday’s Merseyside derby arguably flattered Jurgen Klopp’s rampant Reds more than it did their beleaguered hosts and it wasn’t just Benitez – a former Liverpool manager don’t forget – who was subjected to a barrage of vitriol from a furious home support.
Director of football Marcel Brands and majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri came under fire too. And we can see why.
After all, when your team spends half a billion on new players in the space of five years, you’re probably entitled to expect better than no wins in eight and a five point gap between yourself and the relegation zone.
Do Everton have any chance of signing Golovin?
Moshiri has Everton a rather strict diet these days as the cash-strapped club look to cut back after years of over-indulgence.
Financial Fair Play concerns restricted the Toffees to a summer spend of just £1.7 million, meaning a mid-season deal for Russia international Golovin looks distinctly pie in the sky.
But if Everton can raise funds for the Monaco playmaker – perhaps by selling a number of unwanted fringe players – then he would be welcomed with open arms by one Everton hero.
“He is a great footballer,” Cahill says of Golovin, the 2018 World Cup star who joined Monaco in a deal worth £25 million and recently turned down West Ham United.
“After the 1-4 defeat to Liverpool, it is clear that Everton needs good players. He could strengthen the team.”
Unfortunately for Cahill, the under-fire Brands has already distanced the club from a move for Golovin.
When quizzed about the one-time CSKA Moscow talisman recently, Brands insisted that the rumours were nothing more than ‘absolute nonsense’.
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