Everton’s outstanding problem in recent years has been their inability to find the net, with the persisting injury issues plaguing Dominic Calvert-Lewin an outstanding factor in that failure.
Numerous managers placed huge amounts of faith in the fitness of the Englishman, making their plans useless as he made just 30 starts across the last two full seasons, scoring only seven times.
It seems Sean Dyche is the first to realise that an over-reliance on one man makes for a potentially devastating outcome, given how close the Toffees have come to relegation in recent years, and so has employed the services of both Beto and Youssef Chermiti to offset the burden.
And yet, he could still have more to come, with reports having emerged regarding their interest in another striker.
Courtesy of 90min reporter Graeme Bailey, the Merseyside club are one of numerous interested parties keen on adding the red-hot Serhou Guirassy to their squad.
He would take to Twitter to issue an update on the Stuttgart man: ‘West Ham, Brentford, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Everton and Burnley all checking on Bundesliga top scorer Serhou Guirassy.’
How good is Serhou Guirassy?
There are few forwards across Europe as prolific as the 27-year-old has been to start the new campaign, so for any of those aforementioned clubs to secure his services could mark an almighty coup.
For context, his 14 goals from just eight Bundesliga games is a tally that outperforms not only the legendary Harry Kane, but Everton’s entire squad. The closest competitor within Goodison Park is Abdoulaye Doucuore, who sits on an admirable three goals in the Premier League for a midfielder.
To combine his offensive exploits with a powerful, free-scoring striker such as the eight-cap ace could prove devastating, especially given how profligate the club have been in recent years, forcing them into these relegation scraps.
Calvert-Lewin’s unrelenting absences, alongside squad-wide underperformance, led to Everton being the division’s second-lowest scorers last season with just 34 goals.
It is astounding to think that, after just eight games, Guirassy has nearly half that tally.
Should he manage to translate even a fraction of his current blistering form into English football, and the €20m (£17m) finisher could prove a revolutionary figure on Merseyside set to fire them into a brighter future.
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