Former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nikica-Jelavic-c27906.
The Croatian International was arguably the best signing of last season, as he took the Premier League by the storm since joining the Merseyside club in January from Glasgow http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rangers-c40314.
Even though the striker was bought for a mediocre transfer fee of 5 million pounds, he was one of the hottest players in the league. During the second half of the season, he scored 11 goals in just 16 appearances. He also won the Premier League Player of
the Month award for his remarkable performance in April.
However, with the 26-year old forming the cornerstone of the Toffees attack, Sharp opined that it was pertinent on the part of Everton to strengthen their contingency plans.
He warned them that any injury to Jelavic could have dire repercussions for the team keeping in view his importance in the side, and advised the manager, Moyes to sign at least one more striker in the summer.
Earlier, Everton signed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Naismith-c34205 as a free agent on a four year deal on the 4th of July.
The former forward is reported to have said, “Up front is somewhere Everton need to look to strengthen. If Jelavic got injured we would be really light up top for a goal scorer.”
Sharp also caste light onto the fact that the major reason behind the Toffees apparent struggles during the opening stages of the 2011/12 season was their inability to score goals, and it was remedied by the admission of the Croatian sensation.
He then went on to propose Michael Owen as the most suitable partner for Jelavic, and advised Moyes to make an overture for the former Manchester United player.
“That was the problem last year at the beginning of the season, we couldn’t score goals. Jelavic addressed that problem but we need back-up and that is why the name of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Owen-c25355 has come up in conversations.”
Owen is currently available in the transfer market as a free agent.
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