da bet sport： Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio told Sky Sports News last week, via Sky Sports’ Transfer Centre (January 23, 9:08pm) that Everton’s top central midfield transfer target this month is Southampton captain Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, and he showed exactly why he would be a worthwhile addition with his display in the 1-1 FA Cup draw against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.
da stake casino： Di Marzio said last week that Saints value their skipper, whose contract at St Mary’s is due to expire in the summer of 2021, at £35m – a fee that the Merseyside outfit are not currently willing to pay.
However, if they had any scouts watching on the south coast against Jose Mourinho’s men at the weekend, perhaps they should reconsider that stance.
The 24-year-old once again led by example in the middle of the park for Ralph Hasenhuttl’s in-form side, and as per SofaScore only Spurs defender Japhet Tanganga’s received a higher rating than his one of 7.5.
It was well deserved too as he impressed from a defensive point of view against Spurs, making three interceptions and winning two tackles against the north London club, according to SofaScore.
Even though he plays a deeper midfield role, it was actually going forward where the Denmark international shone.
Indeed, he played a key role in Sofiane Boufal’s equaliser for the hosts, as he played one brave forward pass to Moussa Djenepo, before winning the ball back after Serge Aurier had tackled the Mali international.
He then played a perfect defence-splitting pass to Danny Ings, who cut the ball back for his Moroccan teammate to finish with aplomb.
The fact that Hojbjerg made one key pass, as well as successfully completing three of the four dribbles he attempted, shows his ability on the ball.
Did he really play for us?! No Everton fan has managed to name all of these obscure Toffees players….
His passing accuracy of 87% was also far higher than his average of 77.3% in the Premier League this term, as per WhoScored, showing what fine form he is in right now.
The likes of Morgan Schneiderlin and Gylfi Sigurdsson simply haven’t been good enough in central midfield areas for Everton in recent months, as shown by the fact they picked up 3/10 and 2/10 ratings respectively from The Liverpool Echo for their displays against Liverpool in the FA Cup at the beginning of January.
The Toffees look to need a midfielder who is brave on the ball – something that manager Carlo Ancelotti is keen to implement – in the middle, and on this display Hojbjerg would bring that, and at 24 years of age he is a leader with plenty of time to improve.
Perhaps majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri should be willing to splash out that £35m after all, then.
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