Supporters of Everton have fumed over transfer news on Oumar Niasse’s and Cuco Martina’s potential departures.
According to the Liverpool Echo, the club has not received any bids for the transfer-listed pair and that is why they are still at Goodison Park (via Toffee TV), which had fans furious.
LIVERPOOL ECHO:
Everton have not received any offers for Oumar Niasse or Cuco Martina as of yet, therefore they haven’t been able to sell them. pic.twitter.com/AP9L46Ydvr
— ?????? ?? (@ToffeeTVEFC) January 23, 2020
Who’s gonna pay for them when they can get them for free on a fraction of the wages at end of the season
— Conor Joseph (@skellasaurus10) January 23, 2020
Just pay out their contracts and get Usmanov to sponsor each individual chair in goodison.
— Dom (@Dom_EFC) January 23, 2020
Niasse won’t go he will refuse until Barcelona come in for him ?
— ancelotti_bluewhitearmy (@carlos_bluearmy) January 23, 2020
Do you believe that any bids will arrive for Oumar Niasse or Cuco Martina before the end of January?Yes, someone will take them, surelyNo, they'll leave for free in June |
Of the players who have featured for the Toffees in some capacity this season, Niasse ranks as the worst in terms of average rating, with a 5.97/10 (as per WhoScored).
While Niasse has featured for the Toffees, Martina has not appeared in Everton blue for the first-team since the 2017/18 season (as per Transfermarkt), which had supporters keen for both of them to leave.
Tbh if I was a club with a working brain I wouldn’t sign niasse
— Aaron Hand ? (@AaronHand1878) January 23, 2020
Maybe we’re not paying the other clubs enough to take them…
— Scatterling (@Botony) January 24, 2020
Give them away, just get them off the wage bill.
— Gary??????????+?+?=? (@gazefc) January 23, 2020
Release them. Disgrace how they are still here
— JLapham (@joelappo) January 23, 2020
What do we think?
It is clear from the responses of many Everton fans that they want the pair out of Goodison Park as quickly as it is possible to do so.
However, with the pair’s contracts expiring at the end of the season (as per Transfermarkt), even if no bids arrive before the end of January, Martina and Niasse will have left the club before long.