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title: "Everton: Gabby Agbonlahor urges club to buy two new wing-backs to replace Alex Iwobi and Tom Davies"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Everton"
published: "2020-12-03T17:45:34Z"
modified: "2020-12-03T17:45:34Z"
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# Everton: Gabby Agbonlahor urges club to buy two new wing-backs to replace Alex Iwobi and Tom Davies

**Gabby Agbonlahor has urged Everton to buy two new players to fill in their wing-back roles as Alex Iwobi and Tom Davies both had to do the job versus Leeds United in their 1-0 loss at Goodison Park in the Premier League.**

Speaking to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-everton-backed-to-sign-two-new-players-after-leeds-frightened-duo/), the former Aston Villa and England international striker thought that the duo, in particular, had a very torrid time against Marcelo Bielsa’s team and has thus urged Carlo Ancelotti to go out and buy a pair of wing-backs in the January transfer window, if he wants to continue to play with that kind of system:

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*“It was very hard for them.*

*“If you’re looking at Iwobi and Davies they’re not defenders so when you ask them to play in that position it’s tough for anyone.*

*“If I had to play in those positions I would be frightened. Those positions are where you do the most running in the team, it’s not their fault they were frightened and asked to play there.*

*“Ancelotti has got a lot of injuries in wing-back and full-back roles, h**e just put his fittest players available in there.*

*“You saw Fabian Delph play in that position so he’s looking at who he can trust in that position until the injured players come back.*

*“That position is tough because you don’t know whether to take the winger or the full-back so it’s something that only a natural defender will understand.*

*“Maybe it’s something Everton need to look at it in the future, to add more strength in depth in full-back positions.”*

### Iwobi and Davies have rarely played at wing-back

Both [Iwobi](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-iwobi/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/242631/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=) and [Davies](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tom-davies/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/314210/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=) have rarely played in the wing-back positions in their entire footballing careers, so it was a very big call from Ancelotti to then make them play those roles versus Leeds, a decision which was partly to blame for costing them three points on their home turf.

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It is a wise suggestion by Agbonlahor for the Merseyside club to go out and but two new wing-backs next month if Ancelotti wants to continue to play that system.

Perhaps the Toffees should revert back to a back four in their next match as it is a formation that they would likely be more comfortable with given the personnel available to them at the moment.

[***In other news, find out why fans are loving a transfer link to this Ancelotti target here!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fc-transfer-rumours/everton-fans-love-link-to-carlo-ancelotti-target-samuel-umtiti/)