A few Everton fans have been reacting on social media after the club confirmed that youth defender Morgan Feeney has joined Tranmere Rovers on loan.
The 20-year-old has been a part of our youth set-up since the age of seven and helped the club clinch a Premier League 2 and Premier League Cup double last term under Under23s boss David Unsworth.
It was Feeney’s second PL2 title having clinched the trophy in 2016/17, as well, when he was one of the youngest players in Unsworth’s squad.
Feeney has since gone on to be named captain of the U23s and has 68 appearances at age level to his name, including 15 outings in all competitions this term which have seen the Bootle-born product net twice.
He will now move to League One side Tranmere for the remainder of the season, where he will play under head coach Micky Mellon as the Prenton Park side strive to retain their third-tier status.
Does Feeney have a first-team future with Everton?
Yes
No
The Whites are currently six points from safety having lost seven of their last 11 league games, though have two games in hand over 20th-placed Milton Keynes Dons.
Here are some of the messages shared as fans reacted to news of Feeney’s Deadline Day loan deal with Tranmere…
This isn’t Messi
— Callum Brown (@CallumBrown10) January 31, 2020
Good luck @Morgan_Feeney13
— 💙LEE W efc💙 (@leew456) January 31, 2020
About time we started loaning / selling the under 23s
— dylan davies (@dylanjd14) January 31, 2020
Good move for him, good luck mate
— Mike Cosgrove (@Michael10449114) January 31, 2020
take care of our boy @trfc_james
— ⁷ (@OwensRA7) January 31, 2020
Hope Feeney gets plenty of game time.
— Roger Williams (@RogerWi33581994) January 31, 2020
In other Everton news, a £55k-p/w player has been linked with a Deadline Day move away to a relegation-threatened side.