Everton reportedly views 21-year-old midfielder Tom Davies as the club’s present and future. However, performances from the youngster need to improve as well as his consistency on the pitch.
According to The Athletic (subscription needed), the England U-21 star has not been forgotten about yet at Goodison Park despite starting just once this season in the Premier League as stats from Transfermarkt show, with the club viewing Davies as their midfielder for now as well as the future, though Everton number 26 has to start performing at a consistent level.
Davies, who was dubbed as a ‘training ground animal’ due this work ethic at Finch Farm as per The Athletic report, started his first league game of the season for Everton last weekend against West Ham, where the midfielder impressed massively alongside Andre Gomes in the midfield pivot, with The Liverpool Echo awarding the Goodison academy product a seven out of ten rating.
The youngsters promising performance that handed Everton a massive win could see Davies start in Saturday’s game against Brighton down on the south coast, and with the club viewing him as their future, a big performance against Graham Potter’s side could be exactly what the England youth international needs to build-up some consistency for Marco Silva’s team.
Davies has been a big ‘what if?’ in the Everton side ever since exploding onto the scene in the 2016/17 season, where his goal against Manchester City had many Toffee supporters believing they had the next big thing on their hands, yet things have not gone as according to plan for the midfielder.
Being unable to nail down a starting XI spot has been a big issued for Davies as stats from Transfermakt show, though with the club now backing the 21-year-old and the midfielder putting in a good performance in a crucial match for Everton, things could be about to turn around for the deep-lying playmaker sooner rather than later.