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title: "Everton: Carlo Ancelotti casts doubt on whether Jordan Pickford will play"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Everton"
published: "2021-01-29T18:30:16Z"
modified: "2021-01-29T18:30:16Z"
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# Everton: Carlo Ancelotti casts doubt on whether Jordan Pickford will play

**Carlo Ancelotti has cast doubt as to whether he will play Jordan Pickford for Everton at home to Newcastle United in the Premier League on Saturday.**

The England international made a costly [error](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jan/27/everton-leicester-premier-league-match-report) in the Merseyside club’s last game at Goodison Park as he let the ball slip under his body to allow Youri Tielemans to equalise for Leicester City in a match that eventually finished 1-1, after James Rodriguez had originally given the Toffees the lead midway through the first half.

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It has left some thoughts as to whether Ancelotti will still put his faith in the goalkeeper going up against Steve Bruce’s side, as the Italian boss [told](https://twitter.com/philkecho/status/1355147677747576833) the media: “I don’t know. I have to think about this.”

### Everton may be wise to drop Pickford for Olsen

Given that Pickford would be under pressure off of the back of his mistake, and that the Blues have a perfectly capable ‘keeper in Robin Olsen who can come in to replace him, it may be a wise idea to drop the 26-year-old just for this game.

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That was one of [two](https://www.sofascore.com/player/jordan-pickford/138530) errors that he has made already that have led to goals conceded in the top flight so far in the 2020/21 term, and he did not have a great record last season either, with as many as [four](https://www.sofascore.com/player/jordan-pickford/138530) mistakes made that led to the ball hitting the back of his net.

Thus, it may be a wise idea for Ancelotti to take Pickford, currently valued at £23.4m by [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jordan-pickford/profil/spieler/130164), out of the firing line for the clash against the Magpies.

[***In other news, find out what transfer update has been dropped on one Toffees man here!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fc-transfer-rumours/everton-fans-react-to-cenk-tosun-transfer-update/)