Legend says these two players would have solved Everton’s goalscoring problems

Tony Cottee has claimed that Everton should have aimed to sign Andre Gray or Chris Wood during the summer transfer window following the departure of Romelu Lukaku to Manchester United.

The Toffees failed to find a suitable replacement for the Belgian international Lukaku, who scored 25 goals in the Premier League for them last season.

As a result they are struggling this season and are currently languishing in 16th position on the League standings after taking just 12 points from their opening 12 games. They have also so far scored just twelve goals thus far.

Cottee now believes that his former side should have aimed to sign either Wood or Gray by saying, “The transfer strategy I think was really poor from Everton’s point of view, particularly with the Lukaku money.

“I’ve said it before, you get £75m and you lose your 25-goal-a-season goalscorer and you buy three no.10’s but you’re not buying a centre forward.

“What was wrong with Chris Woods? What was wrong with Andre Gray? Alright they aren’t guarenteed Premier League goalscorers but they are centre-forwards who can lead the line. Everton don’t have a focal point and that puts pressure on the rest of the team.”