At one stage, Everton's final-ever season at Goodison Park looked it could end in relegation down to the Championship.
Now, with the trusty figure of David Moyes back at the helm, the new era on the horizon at Bramley-Moore Dock doesn't look as bleak.
Everton manager David Moyes before Brighton match
Instead, it looks rather promising, with the Scotsman capable of steering Everton to a top-half finish in the Premier League if positive results don't suddenly dry up.
Still, there will be some tough decisions for Moyes to wrestle with this approaching summer, including who to keep around for the stadium relocation, as first-team personnel such as Jack Harrison could soon leave the building.
Harrison's future at Everton
The 28-year-old attacker is only present at Goodison at the moment as a loan option, with Harrison simply returning to Leeds United at the end of the season if Moyes and Co don't want to strike up a permanent switch.
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That eventually would seem unlikely, considering there were calls in January for his loan spell to be cut short midway through the campaign. That ultimately didn't happen, however, with reports at the beginning of March suggesting Leeds are gearing up for his return to Elland Road.
As a consequence, it's said that the Championship side have held exploratory talks about the winger heading back to MLS where he previously played for New York City.
Helping himself to just one goal this campaign in all competitions, the Toffees number 11 isn't exactly banging down the door to stay put, with other loan faces in attack such as Jesper Lindstrom also underwhelming with only two assists next to his name from 30 outings.
Jack Harrison for Everton
Harrison could cost around £13m to win permanently - as per Transfermarkt - with Everton perhaps slightly hesitant to fork out that much money for such a hit-and-miss performer.
Amazingly, as much as the Leeds loanee has struggled in large patches this season to get going, there is a former Everton flop worth less than the hot-and-cold attacker right now.
It's safe to say he struggled in a very similar way to Harrison at Goodison Park.
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Whilst Harrison has been prone to an off-day or two donning Everton blue, it's unlikely he will be categorised entirely as a flop, with the 28-year-old winger at least offering up five goals and three assists across 64 total games.
Another winger, the lesser-spotted Henry Onyekuru, on the other hand, undoubtedly goes down as a big waste of time.
Indeed, the one-time £7m buy never went on to make a single appearance at Goodison, despite being on the club's books for two whole years and once being heralded as the second coming of Romelu Lukaku for his exploits in Belgium.
It was a particularly troubling transfer window on Everton's end away from Onyekuru's cursed arrival, with the summer of 2017 seeing the Farhad Moshiri-backed Toffees splash out excessive wads of cash to land the likes of Davy Klaassen for £24m, who also exited English soil in a swift manner.
At least the Dutchman actually featured for the Merseyside outfit, however, with the Nigerian experiencing constant setbacks involving work permit issues which would result in a number of loan moves away from England occurring, rather than making a name for himself at his parent side.
Onyekuru's overall Everton numbers
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Still, there would end up being a happy ending for the forgotten-about forward, with the Lagos-born attacker leaving Everton behind for a hefty £12m in August of 2019 to AS Monaco, a move that would have suited all parties swimmingly.
Everton would end up making a pretty £5m profit to at least salvage something from the whole ordeal, with the deal looking like even more of a masterstroke when you take into account his measly £3m valuation in 2025.
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That's way less than Harrison's £13m valuation, with time still on Everton's side to deliberate about keeping the Whites loanee around, whilst Onyekuru - who is goalless while plying his trade at Al-Fayha in Saudi Arabia - has likely put his ill-fated Merseyside stay right to the back of his mind.
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