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Thierno Barry was substituted in Everton’s 1-1 draw at Sunderland earlier this week after missing a gilt-edged chance.
Thierno Barry made a bizarre change to his social media on the eve of Everton’s Premier League clash against Fulham.
The striker moved to the Toffees in the summer transfer window for up to £27 million from Villarreal. However, he’s had a soft launch to his Hill Dickinson Stadium career and has yet to score in 12 appearances.
Barry was handed a start in last Monday’s 1-1 draw at Sunderland. However, the former France under-21s international spurned a gilt-edged chance to double Everton’s lead in the first half when he was picked out by Jack Grealish inside the six-yard box but his volley went well over the crossbar. Barry was substituted in the 57th minute and looked downtrodden on the Blues’ bench after his withdrawal.
And strangely, Barry has used that image as his new profile picture on Instagram. The 23-year-old changed the photo on Friday night, less than a day ahead of the fixture against Fulham.
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Thierno Barry has changed his Instagram profile photo. Picture: Instagram | Thierno Barry has changed his Instagram profile photo. Picture: Instagram
On the decision to take off Barry, Moyes said via the Liverpool Echo: “We are taking them off because they are probably not getting us the goals or the opportunities and we are saying: ‘Well, let’s see if the other one can do it’.
“How many games would be enough? When do you say you’ve him for X amount of games and then you decide. I think what we have actually done has got Barry more football than I probably expected early on if I was being honest, but he has lost himself minutes by getting a booking.
“He got a booking at Wolves [in the Carabao Cup defeat, another game he did not finish] and so we weren’t taking the chance at half-time. He got a booking in the game against Sunderland and I am saying: ‘My goodness, it only needs him to [do something wrong]’. He is still getting to know his own body and getting in control. The slightest thing could happen and I cannot take the risk of him getting sent-off.”
Asked if there have been talks with Barry, Moyes replied: “It is something we are mentioning, he will feel it himself, we don’t think he is doing badly - at times he is doing okay.
“We need him to score goals whether he is doing good or bad, but we are saying: ‘By the way, if you are getting yourself stupidly booked then you are making it easier for us to make that decision, because we cannot take the risk of going down to 10 men’.”
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