FURIOUS Everton fans turned up to the club’s Finch Farm training ground to protest against the board after they failed to sign a striker in the January transfer window.
Toffees fans have been discontent with owner Farhad Moshiri and Co for a while with the club making very little progress, despite big spending on transfers and a new stadium under construction.
The Merseyside club are currently sat 19th in the Premier League and level on bottoms with 20th Southampton.
Frank Lampard was sacked, academy graduate Anthony Gordon forced a £45million transfer to Newcastle and Sean Dyche was hired with the task of beating the drop.
But Everton failed to bolster their squad, despite the influx of cash from the Gordon deal and promising to buy a striker.
Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher and Hakim Ziyech, Southampton’s Che Adams and Rennes ace Kamaldeen Sulemana were all in the news over potential transfers.
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However, Everton were unsuccessful in landing any of their targets.
Olivier Giroud was also offered big money to come and save Everton’s season, but the Frenchman declined in favour of a stay at AC Milan.
And talks were held over Crystal Palace frontman Jean-Philippe Mateta.
On deadline day, Everton fans descended on Finch Farm to protest against the ownership.
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A banner with the faces of Everton chiefs Moshiri, Bill Kenwright and Denise Barrett-Baxendale could be seen with the word “liars” plastered on it.
Another banner read: “This is our club, not yours. It’s time to go.”
Everton could bring in a forward after the deadline.
According to the Daily Mail, Andre Ayew is expected to arrive in England in the next 24 hours after receiving a £2.5million golden handshake freeing him to return to the Prem.
Ayew left Qatari club Al Sadd.
The former Swansea and West Ham star is attracting interest from Everton, but the chances of a deal being struck are 50-50.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
