Well happy Friday to you all; another late-night post from me.
Amadou Onana. Linked by a website that started off as a scam transfer hotline for desperate 13-year-olds in the 90s (ME) has linked us out of nowhere with the Everton player.
We’re off to a bad start here. My view" This is either made up, started by Everton, or started by  a player agent to whip up high quality links so he can move in the summer.
But let’s dig a little deeper here on the player. These are his numbers from Fbref.

Now, the context is the team he’s playing in. Sean ‘none of that lah de daaaaahhh bullshit’ Dyche is his manager and he likes to play very direct. So being a number 6 or an 8 for them isn’t exactly Pepball at Barcelona. That said, even in a limited system, you can shine at certain things. Thomas Partey played for a brutally negative Atletico and stood out. Jose Mourinho had outrageous players at the base of his midfield for Chelsea.
Onana, based on the eye test, and the numbers, is a very aggressive and mobile #6. He’s great in the air, could probably slip into central defence, and he’d be great a closing out games. But is that what we need in our system" He feels like the sort of player we pinned for post-Patrick Vieira but never got.
He doesn’t really progress the ball, his passing isn’t world-class when he makes them, I don’t really rate his positioning, and despite someone telling me he’s amazing at ...