Sean Dyche allowed ‘one of England’s brightest prospects’ to leave Everton for Chelsea

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Everton have allowed some of their best players to leave over recent years to balance the books against PSR.

David Moyes will be hoping to keep his top talents on Merseyside this summer as the club look to move forward under the Friedkins.

Manchester United have been warned away from Jarrad Branthwaite already ahead of the summer transfer window.

But Moyes is unable to undo the damage done at Everton over recent years gone by.

The club have some exciting young talents in their ranks with Harrison Armstrong impressing those at Everton.

However, Sean Dyche has now been told he let one player with an extremely bright future depart under his spell at the club.

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Sean Dyche let huge talent leave Everton in Ishe Samuels-Smith

Everton have sold talents like Amadou Onana for huge sums in recent windows as they have required financial boosts.

However, there has also been young talent allowed to leave the club which may go slightly under the radar.

Speaking to Team Talk, David Unsworth has now admitted the club have let one of England’s top talents leave in Ishe Samuels-Smith.

“Chelsea, Everton and Ishe were all delighted with the move. Ishe is an incredibly talented young man who I know really well. A very talented, left-sided defender, either left-back or centre-back, with an incredible future ahead of him,” he said.

Everton sold Samuels-Smith to Chelsea in the summer of 2023 in a deal worth around £4m.

“He’s got great parents behind him who support him. He also has a very talented brother, Odin, who is still at Everton.

“The next step for Ishe would maybe be to go out on loan to get exposure to first-team football – that’s if he can’t get into the Chelsea team! He’s only 18 and is one of England’s brightest prospects, certainly at his age.”

Dyche has been slammed for his treatment of Jake O’Brien, but it seems he may not quite have had a handle on the club’s younger prospects.

Although Everton were pleased with the money they got for Samuels-Smith, it seems they may have made a huge long-term mistake.

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What Ishe Samuels-Smith has done since leaving Everton

The 18-year-old left-back is yet to make his first appearance for the Chelsea senior side, but he continues to impress at U21s level.

Playing at either centre-back or left-back, Samuels-Smith has shown he can provide a real goal threat from the backline.

Samuels-Smith has impressed that much he has also been handed the captain’s armband at Cobham.

Everton are keen to sign Dennis Cirkin to bolster their options at left-back, which goes to show just how much of a mistake they may have made in selling Samuels-Smith.

The Toffees only have one senior left-back in Vitaliy Mykolenko as a result of selling the 18-year-old talent back in 2023.