“When you are 18th in the table and your goalkeeper is your best player, you know things are bad. Pickford has been Everton’s only shining light for me.”
“He’s only 20, so we can’t be too critical but I’ve seen him give the ball away so often. He has not produced any real moments of magic so I just hope that his confidence doesn’t suffer.”
“I watched him at Ajax and saw a tidy midfielder who was good at set pieces and got goals, but it is always hard coming from Dutch football because the level is so different.