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“Complete & utter letdown” – Loads of Everton fans discuss “grossly overvalued” man

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Loads of Everton fans have bee discussing what Gylfi Sigurdsson has offered the club since his then-record move from Swansea City in 2017.

The conversation was sparked after one supporter took to social media to suggest that signing Sigurdsson was a huge mistake, as it showed our former Director of Football Steve Walsh spending on the past rather than looking to the future.

Sigurdsson arrived at Goodison Park for a club-record £45million on the back of helping Swansea to stay in the Premier League for another season, having contributed nine of the Jacks’ 45 goals, plus 13 assists, over 38 top-flight appearances.

His debut campaign on Merseyside would only return four goals and three assists in the Premier League, though Sigurdsson was often forced to play outside of his natural position by Ronald Koeman and later Sam Allardyce, with 17 of his outings coming at left-wing to eight in an attacking midfield role.

Marco Silva realised that was not the best way to utilise the 30-year-old during his first term at Goodison Park, and saw the Reykjavík-born midfielder create four of his six assists and 12 of his 13 goals in his natural position as a result.

But that same output did not carry over into the current campaign, with Sigurdsson only scoring once and assisting two goals in 24 league outings to date – last scoring in October’s 2-0 win over West Ham and assisting one goal in his last 20 outings.

Should this be Sigurdsson's last season at Goodison Park?

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Part of that can be put down to Sigurdsson once again playing outside of his natural position, with the 74-cap man last playing in an advanced midfield role on November 9 as he captained the side to a 2-1 win over Southampton.

Sigurdsson may not be fortunate enough to play in that role again with Everton though, as Carlo Ancelotti reportedly plans to persist with a 4-4-2 and has raised question marks over the £25.2m-rated midfielder’s future on Merseyside.

Here are some of the messages shared from fans discussing what Sigurdsson has offered the club…

In other Everton news, the club are reportedly interested in a 6 ft 3 midfielder subject of a €20m bid from a Premier League club.

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