The Athletic journalist Patrick Boyland has recently aired some criticism of Everton’s Senegalese striker Oumar Niasse.
In a recent announcement by the club, it was revealed that the forward would be leaving the Toffees at the end of this month when his contract expires (per Everton).
His departure will bring a near-four-and-a-half-year stint with the Toffees to an end after the club paid £16.11m to secure his services from Lokomotiv Moscow back in 2016 (per Transfermarkt).
However, in the latest episode of The Athletic’s Gwlad Tidings Podcast, Boyland aired some criticism of the 30-year-old attacker.
He said: “He [Niasse] never looked like a top-level footballer. Let’s put it that way.
“He’s got some quite defined strengths, but he’s not the best technical footballer. He doesn’t look well-suited to play in any system really, beyond kind of semi-organised chaos.
“I guess that’s why he thrived towards the end of [Ronald] Koeman’s tenure, because I couldn’t fathom what Everton were trying to do in certain games.
“So yeah, I don’t think any tears will be shed over this.
“While he was a trier and he scored some important goals, it must be said, I don’t think he was ever an Everton player, really, in terms of quality. I doubt he’s even really a Premier League player in terms of his technical ability.”
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As can be seen in what Boyland had to say, it seems that he believes that Niasse was never good enough to play for the Toffees in the Premier League.
Was Oumar Niasse ever of a good enough standard to play for Everton in the Premier League?No, he never was
Yes, he used to be
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The fact that the striker picked up a weak 5.97/10 average rating across his three league appearances this season (per WhoScored) would seem to back that up.