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Everton’s director of football Marcel Brands has claimed he hopes to see Anthony Gordon become the next young player to nail down a starting position at Goodison Park.

Gordon, who is an academy graduate that was born in Liverpool, is a highly-rated attacker that has made the step up to the first-team squad in the last year.

The 19-year-old winger has already made 16 senior appearances for the Merseyside giants and has been given a path to the main group by manager Carlo Ancelotti.

He is a skilful wide player with plenty of pace and trickery, but he’s yet to nail down a position in a competitive squad and it’s been a tough individual season so far.

Gordon featured regularly for Everton in the Premier League during the last couple of months of last season, but has played just three first-team games so far this campaign and two of them were in the Carabao Cup.

With Richarlison and James Rodriguez currently occupying the wide positions in the XI, it’s a difficult task for Gordon to try force himself in.

But senior Everton figure Brands has spoken very highly of teenager Gordon and sounds excited about his future:

“I’m really happy with the development now of Anthony Gordon. He’s a young player from the academy so I hope he will be the next one that can be a real starter in the near future. I’m really hopeful for that so I will really support that,” Brands said, as quoted by the club’s official Youtube account.

TBR’s View:

Gordon should have his eyes of trying to overtake the likes of Bernard and Alex Iwobi in the pecking order for the wide positions, as right now he’s not a regular in the squad and stuck in a difficult situation.

There is no doubt he’s a talented youngster that’s got the ability to get back in Ancelotti’s good books and he injects some real directness when he plays, but perhaps Everton should look into a possible loan in January if his game time doesn’t improve during a busy December schedule.