Brands and Silva risk looking foolish over Lookman’s Everton departure

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Everton have officially sold Ademola Lookman to RB Leipzig.

The Toffees have reportedly banked £22.5 million from the sale (BBC Sport), and Lookman rejoins the side he went on loan to in 2017/18.

The winger has brought to an end his two-and-a-half-year stay on Merseyside, and he will now hope for regular game time in the Bundesliga, something he found hard to come by with the Toffees.

Despite his talent, Lookman was afforded just three Premier League starts last term, with Marco Silva preferring the likes of Bernard, Richarlison and Theo Walcott in attack.

Many fans appear to be sorry to see Lookman leave the club, and it could well prove to be a foolish move from Silva and the club’s director of football Marcel Brands.

TBR’s view

Lookman being allowed to leave could come back to haunt Everton.

It seems as though Silva never truly gave him a proper chance. Certainly Walcott did very little to justify his manager’s continued faith in him last term.

Perhaps Lookman was undeserving of a starting berth based on how both fared in training, but the potential of the 21-year-old is undeniable.

Everton have made a bold move sanctioning his exit for just £22.5 million, and it’s something that may well end up leaving egg all over Silva and Brands’ faces.