Everton’s poor decision-making in the transfer market is largely to blame for the outstanding financial predicament they find themselves in, having spent huge fees to get poor managers in, and then wholeheartedly backed them before their eventual dismissal.

It is a vicious cycle that Farhad Moshiri has forged at Goodison Park, and one that Sean Dyche will hope to beat by cementing his place in the dugout and overcoming the reported FFP sanctions.

However, to do so the former Burnley man must be given time, not only to integrate his philosophy into the dressing room, but to actually make changes in the market himself whilst weeding out those he sees as as unfit for his system.

One such dud who he swiftly expelled last summer, in his first window in charge, was Neal Maupay, who he was more than willing to allow to leave on loan for Brentford as he brought in the hulking Beto as ample backup for Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

With a very clear game plan, of which the 5 foot 8 Frenchman does not fit, the profligate flop was a welcome exit from a fanbase that had seen him struggle all year since first making his £15m switch.

However, it seems things are no better at the Gtech Community Stadium, with Chris Sutton lambasting the 27-year-old after failing to score on Saturday in his side’s clash with Chelsea.

Failing to pass the ball into an empty net as Robert Sanchez had gone up for a corner, the former Celtic star told 5 Live Sport: ‘If I was Neal Maupay, I tell you, I’d retire. I mean come on.’ The Spanish shot-stopper would poke the ball free of the striker, only for Bryan Mbuemo to instead score.

How good is Neal Maupay?

It is fair to say that the answer to such a question depends on which fanbase you ask, with the Evertonians sure to attest that he is far from a valuable asset.

After all, the striker was decidedly useless in front of goal for Frank Lampard and later Dyche last season, scoring a sole goal from 29 games across all competitions.

In the Premier League alone, where that strike would come, that one goal came from an expected goals tally of 4.80. No wonder Everton were the second-lowest scorers in the entire division, and so often desperate to rush Calvert-Lewin back to full fitness.

Many on Merseyside will be glad to see that little has changed on loan, and that Maupay continues to struggle whilst their true number nine is back fit and firing once again.