Morgan Schneiderlin can be midfield answer Ronald Koeman needs at Everton | Paul Doyle


Unlike José Mourinho at Manchester United, the manager at Goodison Park will not define his new arrival by his limitations – and that may reap rewards

Roy Keane was not spouting hooey. Not completely. His denunciation of Everton in November, when he blithely chucked scorn at the club’s complaints about the strain being placed on their Republic of Ireland internationals, was more than a touch garbled and wholly undiplomatic but it happened to allude to a home truth about Everton. “Maybe their players need to toughen up a bit,” he said.

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