Bad news for Alex Iwobi as EPL experts predict Everton’s relegation

Bad news for Alex Iwobi as EPL experts predict Everton's

relegation

Everton will suffer relegation to the Championship alongside newly-promoted Luton and Sheffield United at the end of the season, Mail Sport's Ian Ladyman has predicted.

Nigeria superstar Alex Iwobi plays for Everton.

Ladyman, who was speaking with Chris Sutton on Mail Sport's brand new podcast It's All Kicking Off, fears it will be another bleak season at Goodison Park after yet another quiet summer of transfer activity.

Conor Coady, Tom Davies and Yerry Mina are among those to have left the club, and Sean Dyche has only managed to strengthen with English veteran Ashley Young and Villarreal outcast Arnaut Danjuma. 

The Toffees have narrowly evaded the drop in each of the last two seasons and this time, Ladyman believes they'll finally be faced with relegation.

He said: 'My three tips to go down are Luton, Sheffield United - very obvious thinking there from me - and Everton.'

'They've been circling the plug hole, as somebody said recently, and when you do that you eventually go.

'There was an assumption a couple of years ago that it was a one-off. And then they almost went down last year. And the squad they've got this season is worse than the one that finished last season.

'I think there's every chance they go down, despite having a very good manager.'

'I agree with you on the manager,' Sutton added. 'I think it all depends on Dominic Calvert-Lewin. He's had two seasons where he hasn't really found his rhythm.

'He was big for them at the end of last season, I remember covering a game up at Brighton, and they were terrible for several games in a row, but they ended up winning 5-1 and it was down to how he led the line.

'I think he's crucial and if he can play 30 games, I think Everton will stay up. Of course, we don't know what will happen for the rest of the transfer window but they've got financial issues which may hamper them.

'If you're an Everton fan, you're really underwhelmed with transfer activity so far.'

'That is an understatement, to say that Everton have financial issues,' Ladyman continued. 'They have been trying to sell young players to raise money so Sean Dyche can buy somebody of note. Their most high-profile signing this summer has been Ashley Young. They've lost Conor Coady, they've lost Yerry Mina.

'The fact is the squad is worse than the one that finished last season, and they are facing one heck of a battle.'