Everton are in the capital this weekend as they take on Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea side at Stamford Bridge.
David Moyes’ side are fresh off the back of a 3-0 victory against Nottingham Forest, which was their fourth win in their last five games.
Chelsea, meanwhile, were held to a goalless draw against Bournemouth before losing 2-1 to Atalanta in the Champions League.
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Jack Grealish warms-up ahead of Everton vs Nottingham Forest.
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So, Everton have good reason to be confident heading into this one, and Idrissa Gana Gueye will be back available.
Ahead of the Premier League clash, we’ve decided to rank the five best players who have played for Everton and Chelsea.
The ranking is based on how successful they were at Everton.
Pat Nevin Everton 1991
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5) Pat Nevin
Pat Nevin makes the top five of this listicle as he enjoyed a really productive career at Everton and Chelsea.
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Nevin, who made well over 100 appearances for the Toffees, was a jet-heeled wide player and a real fan favourite at both sides.
The 28-cap Scotland international scored a famous lob in a 3-2 win against Manchester United back in September 1989.
4) Ross Barkley
Ross Barkley joins the list in fourth, and perhaps could’ve been a lot higher had he decided to stay at Everton instead of leaving for Chelsea in 2018.
Roberto Martinez recently explained just how good Barkley was when he first started to train with the first team at Finch Farm.
“It was a lot of quick actions and Ross Barkley was a young player. He didn’t really have a big role at Everton at that time. And we’re doing a session and he got two moments, the ball turned and he had a shot and he missed the target completely, and none of those two experienced players (John Heitinga and Nikica Jelavic) told him off.
“You could see it was an incredible respect of saying ‘no, he can do that.’ He can take the gamble. Yeah. And that was a bit of a ‘wow’ that’s a young player that is not important in the team and it has the respect of the two most senior players that we have most experienced at international level.”
3) Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is the first and only current Everton player in this list after he joined in a £28m deal from Chelsea in the summer transfer window.
Dewsbury-Hall recently left Alan Shearer blown away after his sensational performance against Forest on the weekend.
Toffees supporters are becoming accustomed to his all-action midfield displays, and the Premier League have actually nominated him for the Player of the Month award for November.
Struggling to think of anyone who deserves it more than KDH…🤔
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Who gets your vote? 🗳️
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Everton's Graham Stuart scoring the winning goal against Wimbledon.
5 MAY 1994: EVERTON's GARY ABLETT AND GRAHAM STUART, WHO HAD THE WINNING GOAL, CELEBRATE AFTER DEFEATING WIMBLEDON 3-2 AT GOODISON PARK, EVERTON. Mandatory Credit: Clive Brunskill/ALLSPORT
2) Graham Stuart
Graham Stuart just misses out on the number one spot, although his role in Everton’s history is perhaps a lot more significant than the next player on this list.
Stuart is adored among Everton fans for scoring twice in THAT famous game against Wimbledon back in May 1994.
It was the final day of the season, Mike Walker’s side had to win to stay up, and they went two goals down within the opening 20 minutes.
But, Stuart famously netted a brace, including a late winner to avoid relegation, sparking a pitch invasion at Goodison Park.
Not to mention, he was also part of the 1995 side that won the FA Cup against Manchester United in the final.
1) Romelu Lukaku
Completing the list is, of course, Romelu Lukaku, who is actually Everton’s all-time top scorer in the Premier League era.
# Player Goals
1 Romelu Lukaku 68
2 Duncan Ferguson 60
3 Dominic Calvert-Lewin 57
4 Tim Cahill 56
5 Kevin Campbell 45
Everton’s top five PL goalscorers
Interestingly, if Roberto Martinez had his way, Everton would’ve signed Demba Ba instead of Lukaku, but Chelsea blocked that deal from happening and instead offered the young Belgian striker at the time.
During his four-year spell on Merseyside, Lukaku became a truly world-class centre-forward, and that was evident when Manchester United slapped down a substantial £75m to sign him in 2017.
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