Everton’s Sam Allardyce acknowledges the need for attacking reinforcements.
Sam Allardyce has reiterated to ESPN the importance of bolstering his attacking options at Everton during the January transfer window.
Allardyce has done a terrific job since replacing Ronald Koeman as Toffees boss last month but the Goodison Park club have been far better defensively than offensively.
Everton have only conceded six goals in the eight games that he has taken charge of – and four of those were in the last two matches, while Allardyce’s side have netted eight times.
The Merseysiders could do with signing a top-drawer striker this month and one name mentioned a lot is Cenk Tosun of Besiktas, though The Times have reported that the move is in doubt after the Turkish side raised their asking price from £25 million to £27 million.
Nevertheless, Allardyce is aware that he needs to improve Everton’s goalscoring and claims he knew just how poor the squad was in this respect before joining.
He told ESPN: “Our attacking powers are limited, we know that. I knew that before I arrived here.
“That’s why I’ve worked so hard on keeping clean sheets because that’s going to be our main objective to make sure we pick up more and more points. Our ratio of chances created is very limited and that’s why we need to strengthen that front line.”
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