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title: "Everton: Cenk Tosun could leave in January"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Everton"
published: "2021-11-29T15:05:50Z"
modified: "2021-11-29T15:05:50Z"
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# Everton: Cenk Tosun could leave in January

**Everton journalist Patrick Boyland reckons that the Blues will be open to letting Cenk Tosun leave in January.**

### The lowdown

The Turkey international was an [unused substitute](https://www.sofascore.com/brentford-everton/Ysab) in the Toffees’ 1-0 defeat away to Brentford on Sunday.

It had looked like a potential starting opportunity for the striker, [with Richarlison suspended and Dominic Calvert-Lewin out injured](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c3egl6r3m7jo), but Rafael Benitez favoured Salomon Rondon instead.

Tosun missed the first nine matches of the season with a patella rupture, but he has been in Benitez’s last four matchday squads (via [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/cenk-tosun/leistungsdaten/spieler/45671)). However the [£2.7m-rated](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/cenk-tosun/profil/spieler/45671) 30-year-old is [into the final year](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/cenk-tosun/profil/spieler/45671) of his [£60,000-per-week contract](https://www.spotrac.com/epl/everton-fc/payroll/).

### The latest

Boyland told supporters on [The Athletic’s matchday discussion boards](https://theathletic.com/2980568/2021/11/27/everton-score-brentford-efc-premier-league/) on Sunday that Tosun could be made available for transfer in the mid-season window.

In reply to an Everton fan bemoaning the striker, the journalist replied: “Leaning on the fact that Rondon has played more minutes, I think. Tosun is likely to be available come January – just a case of needs must in terms of padding out squad until main strikers back”

### The verdict

It’s absolutely no surprise that Tosun could be on his way out of Goodison Park. He has failed to live up to his [£27m price tag](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11671/11196542/cenk-tosun-joins-everton-from-besiktas-in-27m-deal), contributing just [11 goals in 58 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/cenk-tosun/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/45671).

The Turkish frontman, who spent the first half of 2021 [on loan](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/cenk-tosun/transfers/spieler/45671) at Besiktas, is clearly well down the pecking order under Benitez too, given his lack of involvement even with a sparsity of centre-forward options and Rondon enduring a [terrible run of form](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/salomon-rondon/leistungsdaten/spieler/80197).

While they may not recoup much in terms of a transfer fee, Everton will be hopeful of clearing Tosun’s lofty wages off their books, especially with the club [hamstrung by Financial Fair Play regulations.](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10108067/How-Premier-League-club-spend-transfers-FFP-rules.html)

**In other news, [many Everton fans reacted negatively to this piece of training insight](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fc-news/salomon-rondon-premier-league-5/)**