David Moyes returned to Everton to take on the job at Goodison Park for the second time in his career when he replaced Sean Dyche back in January.
The Scottish manager has hit the ground running on Merseyside with just one defeat in his ten Premier League matches in charge of the club to date, with that coming in his first game against Aston Villa before a nine-match unbeaten run.
Moyes got an instant reaction out of Portuguese centre-forward Beto, who scored five goals in the manager's first seven games back at the club, but his powers do have their limits.
Everton striker Beto
Everton's wingers have struggled throughout this season, under Dyche and Moyes, and the Scottish head coach may have just found his new Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.
Why Diniyar Bilyaletdinov was a flop at Everton
The Toffees signed the winger from Lokomotiv Moscow for a reported fee of £9m in the summer of 2009, with the current Everton manager seemingly hoping that he would have a big impact on the flanks.
Unfortunately, however, that was not the case as Bilyaletdinov only went on to score eight goals in 59 appearances for the club in the Premier League before his exit at the start of 2012.
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Six of those eight goals came in his debut season for the Toffees. He followed that up with two goals in 26 top-flight matches in the 2010/11 campaign and zero goals in ten league games in the first half of the following season.
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Bilyaletdinov then signed for Spartak Moscow for a fee of just £5m in January 2012, which further emphasises how much of a flop the forward was as he struggled on the pitch and the club made a loss on him.
Everton have their new Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
Some may want to point to Jack Harrison, who is on loan from Leeds, as the biggest flop out wide and, therefore, label him as the new Bilyaletdinov.
However, it is Jesper Lindstrom who has emerged as Moyes' next version of the Russian wide man, as he has been even worse than the Englishman this season.
Lindstrom-Everton
Everton signed the Danish winger on loan from Napoli last summer with an option to make the deal permanent for £19m, but his form this term suggests that the club should avoid exercising that option.
24/25 Premier League Jack Harrison Jesper Lindstrom
Appearances 25 25
Starts 17 15
Goals 1 0
xA 2.35 1.95
Assists 0 1
Key passes per game 1.1 0.8
Duels won per game 2.8 2.0
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, Harrison has managed to score a goal and has created more chances with more xA, but has been unfortunate not to register an assist.
The English forward has also won more duels per game to help his team out defensively, as Lindstrom has left a lot to be desired with his play both in and out of possession on the right flank.
Everton winger Jesper Lindstrom
Everton's Napoli loanee, who Michael Ball claimed has been "frustrated" by his lack of service on the wing, has produced zero goals and two assists in 30 matches in all competitions this season.
That return is, quite simply, not good enough, and is not good enough to warrant a fee of £19m being splashed on his services this summer, as the £50k-per-week forward has flopped hard at Goodison Park by failing to influence matches with goals and assists on an even semi-regular basis.
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He may be Everton's best player.
Therefore, Lindstrom has become the new Bilyaletdinov at Everton for Moyes as a winger who has flopped because of their lack of contributions at the top end of the pitch.