LIVE
...

Follow us on

Soccer News

Everton signing Jamie Vardy would be great, but adding Craig Dawson would be underwhelming

Follow us on Google Discover

Everton have been linked with Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy and West Bromwich Albion defender Craig Dawson.

West Bromwich defender Craig Dawson (R) controls the ball during the third-place playoff match of the Premier League Asia Trophy football tournament between West Bromwich Albion and...

Everton appear to already be making transfer plans for next summer, but the players that they are being linked with are of differing quality.

The Sun claim that Everton will move for Craig Dawson of West Bromwich Albion in a few months’ time, while the Daily Mirror suggest that the Toffees want Jamie Vardy from Leicester City.

There is little doubting that Vardy would be a great signing for the Toffees.

Jamie Vardy (C) of Leicester City competes for the ball against Cedric Soares (R) and Virgil van Dijk (L) of Southampton compete for the ball during the Premier League match between...

The England international possesses the exact qualities that Everton have lacked this season, and is a proven scorer in the Premier League.

Vardy would add tenacity, pace and a ruthlessness to Everton’s front line that they have been desperately lacking.

However, the arrival of Dawson would hardly set pulses racing at Goodison Park.

Dawson has been a solid option for West Brom, but hardly the sort of signing which would announce Everton’s ambitions to compete for a European spot.

Craig Dawson of West Bromwich Albion in action during the Premier League match between West Bromwich Albion and Everton at The Hawthorns on December 26, 2017 in West Bromwich, England.

Dawson has played regularly this season, in an Albion side who are sat at rock bottom of the Premier League table.

And if Dawson was to arrive at Everton, it would be an extremely underwhelming way for the Merseyside outfit to start their summer business.