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Everton flop’s tongue-in-cheek claim hints he has failed to change since costly move

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Everton’s recent transfers have been very hit or miss, and, among others, one of the worst has to be Cenk Tosun, and the Turkish striker’s comments to the Liverpool Echo suggest he has not adapted his game at all since joining.

There was a moment earlier in the campaign when the 35-cap international appeared to have finally found his feet on Merseyside, but he soon proved his strikes against Fulham and Crystal Palace were red herrings.

The clash with the Eagles back in October, in fact, was the last time that the 27-year-old actually found the net in the Premier League, and he has only featured 12 times in the league since. For comparison, the £27million-man has been an unused substitute or not included in the matchday squad at all ten times.

More worryingly, his comments to the Liverpool Echo regarding his debut back in January 2018 away to Tottenham Hotspur suggest little has changed with the Wetzlar, German-born striker.

“After 60 or 70 minutes [against Spurs], I was nearly dead,” the flop forward joked. “I was not fit enough.  The tempo and speed of the Premier League is really tough and the game never stops but I wanted to give everything.”

Tosun later added: “As a striker, you need to score goals, even if you do not play well, everybody counts the goals.

“Last season, I scored five in 12 starts. This season I could do better. When I played well, I could still have scored more goals.

“You gain confidence when you score, then it starts to come every week.”

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