Reporter Offers Assessment on Everton Transfer “Concerns” Amid Speculation of Last-Minute Deadline Day Pursuit for Brentford’s Frank Onyeka.

Dan Bardell doesn’t think Everton is likely to take the “risk” of signing Brentford’s Frank Onyeka before the transfer deadline at 11 pm on Thursday (1 February).

According to The Standard’s live transfer tracker on Wednesday (31 January), both Everton and Fulham have shown interest in the 26-year-old during this transfer window.

However, the report mentioned that Brentford is hesitant to strengthen a Premier League rival through a loan deal, having already rejected loan offers from La Liga club Girona and French outfit Reims for the midfielder.

Bardell believes that if Everton were to secure a deal for Onyeka, he would unlikely find a

spot in the team. In an exclusive statement to Goodison News, the Sky Sports journalist said,

“That would strike me as a bit of a squad-filler option, Onyeka. I don’t think he would come in and play for Everton.”

He added, “But we know they’ve already had 10 points deducted, we know there’s been another charge since then. I’m not sure they actually need to take the risk of doing anything else unless it was a

really cheap loan, where they are not paying much of the wages.

But even then, I’d be looking at Brentford and be thinking if he’s going to go there and not be first choice, they may as well keep him.”

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