Everton’s Ademola Lookman has started one Premier League game this season.
Michael Ball has intimated on Twitter that Ademola Lookman is among the Everton players who caretaker boss David Unsworth needs to consider using.
Everton host West Ham United at Goodison Park tonight in what could be Unsworth’s last game in charge before Sam Allardyce is appointed as Ronald Koeman’s long-term successor.
The Toffees have endured a horrendous run of form since Koeman was sacked over a month ago, conceding 23 goals from their last seven games in all competitions – including four in the defeat at Southampton this past weekend.
The Merseysiders have managed four goals in their last three games and the wealth of attacking talent at Goodison ought to illustrate how that statistic is not good enough.
Ball was openly critical of winger Kevin Mirallas recently and the former left-back says that the 30-year-old is getting worse, suggesting that Lookman, who has started just the one Premier League game this season, is one of the players who should come in.
Lookman is undoubtedly a big talent but, at 20, is he experienced enough to put the off-the-field uncertainty to one side and play his best football? It’s doubtful, but perhaps Allardyce, if he gets the job, can get the best out of him when he arrives.
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