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“This isn’t a retirement home” – Lots of Everton fans urge club to move on from £79m trio

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Lots of Everton fans have been urging the club to move on from midfielders Gylfi Sigurdsson, Fabian Delph and Morgan Schneiderlin after their performances in Sunday’s 3-2 defeat away to Arsenal.

Boss Carlo Ancelotti started the trio at the Emirates Stadium, with Sigurdsson tasked with opening the Premier League encounter from the left of our midfield while Delph and Schneiderlin anchored the side.

Only Sigurdsson would see out the full 90 minutes, though, with Ancelotti hauling Schneiderlin off for the returning Andre Gomes after 59 minutes and later bringing striker Moise Kean on for Delph eight minutes from time.

Schneiderlin was a very worthwhile candidate to be the first casualty of the game, having lost four of his six ground duels, been dribbled past three times, committed one foul and misplaced two of his three long passes, per Sofa Score.

Sigurdsson was not much better in North London, as he lost five of his nine ground duels, lost possession 11 times, completed 78 per cent of his passes, failed to deliver an accurate cross or register a shot on target.

As for Delph, the £10million summer signing from Manchester City could have argued his case for seeing out the full 90 minutes over Sigurdsson, having completed 94% of his passes (47), played one key ball, found teammates with four of his five long passes and won possession with three of his four tackles.

Do either of Sigurdsson, Delph, Schneidlerin deserve to stay?

Sigurdsson

Sigurdsson

Delph

Delph

Schneiderlin

Schneiderlin

Neither

Neither

But Ancelotti also had plenty of reasons to take the England international off, as Delph’s impact became less and less frequent the longer our search for an equaliser went on while Gomes’ introduction provided a far greater lift than any of our other midfielders.

Sunday’s encounter with Arsenal was Sigurdsson’s 101st appearance for the club across all competitions since his £45m move from Swansea in 2017, while representing Schneiderlin’s 88th since his £24m move from Manchester United.

Here are some of the messages shared on social media as fans urged the club to move on from the £79m trio that is Sigurdsson, Delph and Schneiderlin…

In other Everton news, an 18-cap Toffees man is reportedly a summer transfer target for one of Europe’s elite clubs.

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