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title: "Everton may be happy to sell Neal Maupay this summer"
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# Everton may be happy to sell Neal Maupay this summer

**[Everton](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fc-transfer-rumours/) are likely to be content with allowing struggling striker [Neal Maupay](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tag/neal-maupay/) to leave Goodison Park this summer, according to journalist Pete O’Rourke.**

### The Lowdown: Tough season for Maupay

The Blues are experiencing another challenging season in the [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/), desperately battling to avoid relegation for the second year in a row.

There have been problems all over the pitch but there is no question that a lack of firepower has been key to Everton’s issues, with Maupay really struggling for form.

The 26-year-old has [scored just once](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/119822/Show/Neal-Maupay) and registered no assists in 20 appearances in the league, showing how much he has failed to make an impact since arriving from Brighton.

Maupay may have [signed](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/neal-maupay/profil/spieler/217115) a deal until the summer of 2025 at Everton, but a new update suggests that he could depart well before that date arrives.

### The Latest: Everton happy to sell

Speaking to [*Give Me Sport*](https://www.givemesport.com/everton-allow-disaster-leave-goodison-park-transfer-news/), O’Rourke admitted that Everton could be happy to see Maupay move on at the end of the season:

> “It’s been a disappointing time for Maupay. There’s no getting away from that and his agent has come out and suggested that he could be interested in a move away, possibly to Italy.
>
> “So in the summer, Maupay might be thinking he needs to move on in search of regular first-team football and I’m sure Everton might not stand in his way if a suitable offer comes in.”

### The Verdict: One that didn’t work out

It is hard to deny that Maupay has been anything other than a poor signing by Everton – one of many who simply haven’t worked out in recent years, with the club’s performance in the transfer market leaving plenty to be desired.

The [two-cap](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/neal-maupay/profil/spieler/217115) former France Under-21 international has been horribly ineffective and the Blues must do better than him, bringing in an upgrade this summer – potentially someone like Coventry City attacker Viktor Gyokeres, who has been [linked](https://www.90min.com/posts/viktor-gyokeres-premier-league-clubs-maintain-interest-coventry-striker) with a move to Goodison.

While retaining Maupay as a backup option certainly wouldn’t be a disaster, Everton may think they can sell him for a similar amount than what they bought him for last summer, given his Premier League experience and that he has a contract until 2025, rather than losing for less further down the line.

It was a signing that wasn’t necessarily met with universal positivity from Blues supporters when [first linked](https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/08/29/everton-fans-react-to-neal-maupay-transfer-rumours/), even though Graham Potter once [called](https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/19656978.albions-graham-potter-praises-unique-neal-maupay/) him ‘unique’, and it has ultimately been a transfer that has backfired and had very few redeeming features to it.