Joey Barton predicts where Everton will finish this season

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Everton are currently sat in 18th place in the Premier League table.

Joey Barton has told the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, which was broadcast on TalkSPORT on 18th September, that he still believes Everton will finish in the top eight this season.

Everton have made a terrible start to the new campaign, winning just one of their opening five fixtures.

The Toffees have been thoroughly outplayed in some of their early contests, with Ronald Koeman’s side’s start to the season raising questions.

Koeman is now the bookies’ favourite to be the next Premier League manager sacked.

But Barton has backed Everton to bounce back from their poor start, and put together an impressive campaign.

“I think they’ll get into the top eight,” Barton said. “They’ve had a really poor start, but it was a tough run of games. It’s been more the performances [that are concerning].”

Everton’s latest defeat came against Manchester United, with the Toffees losing 4-0 at Old Trafford.

Everton actually showed flashes of promise in the second half of the contest, but United put them to the sword – and scored three times late on to inflict further misery on the Merseyside outfit.

Everton are currently sat in 18th place in the Premier League table, with their next league match coming against Bournemouth at the weekend.