An extraordinary market intuition of the Pozzo family and its market men, Beto Betuncal For now, Everton is proving to be a blunder. And certainly not for the qualities that the center forward purchased in the summer of 2021 by Udinese from the small Portimonense for 7 million euros has shown with the shirt of the Friulian club, but for an adaptation that from September 2023 until today has not never arrived. This is why his return to Serie A, in what seems like his natural technical and tactical habitat, seems anything but impossible. At least that’s what Torino and coach Paolo Vanoli hope for.
The numbers of a failure
Beto cost Everton 30 million euros plus bonuses just a year and a half ago. An important figure for one of those who were the strikers of the moment but who never managed to establish himself on Merseyside. Some data: 9 games last season in the Premier League, 4 in this season, only 234 minutes in total and only 1 overall goal with 0 assists to his name. Even the xG numbers are a failure: 1.6 last season, 0 overall in this one (equal to that of assists). In short, an epochal flop for Everton for a player who however showed high-class numbers and skills in Udine. And which Torino desperately needs.
Can it be done?
The figures may coincide with the needs of Urbano Cairo’s club, if Everton were to start him at 6-8 million for the redemption with a loan in the winter. It’s difficult to think that the Toffees want to lock him up, easy to think that the Granatas decide to invest in replacing Duvan Zapata who is missing like hot cakes after the knockout. The club and sporting director Davide Vagnati know this well: the Granata transfer man is only waiting for the green light from the President, he has already been active and operational for some time in the search for the right objectives for January. He waits for the start, like Beto. For redemption and for the restart.