Everton forward Sandro Ramirez could be on the move.
Everton beat Rotherham United 3-1 in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night, and even handed a shock start to out of favour forward Sandro Ramirez.
The Toffees saw Gylfi Sigurdsson open the scoring before Dominic Calvert-Lewin bagged a goal either side of Will Vaulks’ consolation to make it a 3-1 win.
Manager Marco Silva decided to rotate his side, and that involved a start for Sandro, and he played 86 minutes before being replaced by Morgan Schneiderlin.
Sandro has endured a fairly miserable year since leaving Malaga for Everton last summer, as he struggled for playing time under Ronald Koeman before Sam Allardyce allowed him to join Sevilla on loan.
The Spaniard didn’t exactly thrive with Sevilla, meaning he returned to Everton with little to be excited about – and despite starting last night, a move may still be on the cards after all.
Sky Sports report that Sandro is in talks with Real Sociedad about a move back to La Liga, with a deal in the pipeling before Friday’s European transfer deadline.
Any move would seemingly come against Silva’s wishes though, as he told The Mirror last night that he wants to see Sandro stay at Goodison Park, as he believes in him to become a success on Merseyside.
“We will have to wait, I would like that he stays with our squad,” said Silva. “Why did I select him? Because he is a fantastic professional, I believe in him. We have some injuries, so I made the changes even with what might happen with Sandro in the next days. We will see, because he wants to play more, and it is not easy in our team,” he added.
However, Sandro looks set to ignore Silva’s comments and pursue first-team football elsewhere, and a move could be wrapped up inside the next 24 hours.
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