There could be a big summer on the horizon for Everton football club as David Moyes prepares for his first full transfer window in charge of the Toffees for the second time.
It is also the club's first summer transfer window ahead of their move to the new stadium for the 2025/26 Premier League campaign, in which they will want a successful debut at their expensive home.
This means that there could be some ruthless decisions that are made on players to be sold, and kept, as well as new signings coming in to bolster the squad.
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Angus Kinnear is set to arrive from Leeds United to assume the role of CEO at Everton at the start of June, and he may instantly look at the wage bill to inform his decisions in the transfer market.
What Everton's wage bill will look like for Kinnear
The Leeds chief may look at how the club have been using the funds available to them this season and look to ruthlessly ditch the players who have not been value for money.
Iliman Ndiaye has been the poster boy for value for money this season with six goals in 22 Premier League starts, despite being on £45k-per-week at Goodison Park.
|Everton's top ten earners|
|Player|Weekly wage|
|---|
|Abdoulaye Doucoure|£130k|
|Jordan Pickford|£125k|
|Idrissa Gueye|£120k|
|Dominic Calvert-Lewin|£100k|
|James Tarkowski|£100k|
|Jack Harrison|£90k|
|Michael Keane|£80k|
|Vitalii Mykolenko|£58k|
|Seamus Coleman|£55k|
|Beto|£50k|
|Wages via Capology|
As you can see in the table above, Ndiaye is not even in the top ten earners at the club this season, whilst in-form centre-forward Beto only just makes the list.
The Portuguese striker has scored five goals in the Premier League since Moyes took the job in January, establishing himself as the go-to number nine for the Scotsman.
With this in mind, Kinnear could hit the ground running at Everton this summer by instantly ditching English striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Why Everton should sell Dominic Calvert-Lewin
As shown in the table, the former England international is one of the most highly-paid players at the club on £100k-per-week, but he has not done enough on the pitch to justify that expense.
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Calvert-Lewin has been unreliable from a fitness perspective during his time at Everton, missing 78 competitive matches through injury since the start of the 2021/22 campaign.
This means that managers have not been able to rely upon him during a season as he has had to deal with multiple injury absences that have prevented him from being consistent on the pitch.
Calvert-Lewin (Premier League) Games xG Goals
24/25 22 6.11 3
23/24 32 12.93 7
22/23 17 5.84 2
Total 71 24.88 12
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, Calvert-Lewin has also been unreliable on the pitch with his lack of quality in front of goal, underperforming his xG by almost 15 goals since the start of the 2022/23 campaign.
This, essentially, means that the former Sheffield United man has consistently failed to make the most of the high-quality opportunities that his teammates have created for him in recent years, costing his team points in the process.
Earlier this season, talkSPORT pundit Jamie O'Hara described his finishing as "embarrassing" and claimed it is "why he’s not gone to a top side", which is hard to argue with when you look at his performance against xG.
Beto and Ndiaye, despite earning less than Calvert-Lewin combined, have both outscored the £100k-per-week forward, who has managed three goals in the top-flight, this season.
The 28-year-old striker's contract with Everton is due to expire this summer and Kinnear must ruthlessly ditch him by allowing it to run out without offering him an extension, due to his unreliability both on and off the pitch for the wages that he is on.
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Everton are set to spend in the transfer market this summer.