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Lots of Everton fans have taken to Twitter to react after Idrissa Gueye’s move to Paris Saint-Germain was confirmed.

The Senegal international joins the French champions in a deal worth £30m, signing a four-year contract with the Parisians who can offer Gueye a first taste of Champions League football since his days with Lille.

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The 29-year-old will be a major loss for the Merseysiders. He was named as the Players’ Player of the Season for his efforts last term, whilst no player completed more tackles per game than Gueye’s 2.7 in the Premier League last term.

He departs Goodison Park after three years at the club, making 108 appearances since signing in a £7m deal from Aston Villa back in 2016.

The 5 foot 9 midfielder will be extremely difficult to replace, and his exit has hit a few of the supporters on Twitter hard with a number of fans below feeling ‘gutted’ at the news.

Let’s take a look at more of the reaction from the Everton faithful on the popular social media platform…

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European football is now firmly in Wolves’ minds for the first time since 1980.

It’s been an incredibly long period for the club and its supporters but next July, they’ll play their second-round qualifying tie against either Crusaders of Northern Ireland or B36 Torshavn of the Faroe Islands.

Neither are particularly glamorous matches but to stand a chance of Europa League glory, they must take their qualifying seriously.

If Wolves go onto reach the final then they will have played 20 matches.

Considering their lack of depth last season that is an enormous task. After all, Nuno Santo only chose to field a total of 21 players in the Premier League last term.

Signings will be required, but they must rethink their strategy if they’re targeting Ivan Perisic.

FC Inter News ran an exclusive last week claiming that Wolves could be in the market for the Croatian.

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Capped 82 times by his country, the winger was a pivotal part of the side that reached the World Cup final in 2018.

Perisic has been hugely consistent in Serie A over the last four years, finding the net 37 times in total.

On that evidence he’d be a good signing, but if they’re considering him on the basis of finding a pedigreed player who can carry them deep into the Europa League, they must think again.

His record in European competition is alarmingly average, especially for a player who has delivered at international tournaments. In Russia last year he scored three in seven outings.

In the Champions League the 30-year-old has found the net just once in 17 matches though.

As for his Europa League record, it isn’t much better. In 34 games he’s scored only six goals, four of which came in his debut campaign in the competition.

For Club Brugge in 2009/10 he scored four in eight but he’s only found the net twice in the remaining four seasons he’s played in it.

As for assists, he’s laid on a goal for his teammates four times during the periods he’s been playing European football.

With this in mind, he seems an individual that’s more suited to domestic action, something which could obviously help Wolves in the Premier League.

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However, Nuno’s squad and forward line is extremely settled at the moment and switching things around isn’t completely necessary.

If Wolves are going to be pursuing bodies in order to go far in the Europa League, adding players who have perhaps achieved more on the continental stage would be a better idea.

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West Ham United youngster Louie Watson has signed a new contract at the club, the Hammers have confirmed.

What’s the word?

Watson has been far from an integral part of the Under-18s side in recent seasons, making a total of 26 appearances.

He has scored twice and laid on three assists and has been on the bench for the Under-23’s too.

He has also won two caps for the Republic of Ireland Under-18 side, playing twice against Turkey in March.

And he has now set his sights on reaching the first-team under Manuel Pellegrini, telling the club’s official website: “It’s a great achievement.

“Me and my family are really happy with what I have achieved and now I’ve got it I’ve got to work harder on and off the pitch to get to where I want to be and that’s the Premier League.

“It’s the first contract and hopefully the first of many, so I’ve got to push on. I hope to have a strong season with the 23s next season and ultimately get to the first team.”

Breakthrough unlikely

West Ham continue to look to the future but Watson is hardly the most exciting player within their youth academy.

At the age of 17, he has struggled for game time at the Hammers; he missed a total of 13 games for the Under-18s this term.

When he came back into the team for the final eight matches of the season, the Irons won just two.

He has yet to have a sniff of the first-team, which is perhaps understandable, but this is not a player who is ever likely to find himself mixing it with the likes of Marko Arnautovic, Mark Noble and Felipe Anderson.

Perhaps this deal, then, is designed to merely inflate his value and ensure that, if any club comes in with a bid, West Ham can extract the highest possible fee.

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There is no doubt that Southampton have improved and look a completely team under Ralph Hasenhuttl, but one of their major Achilles’ heel reared its ugly ahead again during the 3-0 defeat against West Ham United at the weekend – a lack of quality at centre-back.

On the chalkboard

Saints have looked much better going forward under the Austrian and generally always look capable of getting a goal, but it was the same old story in defence at the London Stadium.

The south coast outfit have now conceded 64 times going ahead of their final-day clash with Huddersfield Town at St Mary’s on Sunday, and that simply isn’t good enough if they want to be pushing for the top half next term.

The fact that they have lost 27 points from winning positions in the top flight during the current campaign tells you all you need to know about where their main issue lies, and the centre-backs have to take a big share of the blame.

Hasenhuttl has often lined up with three, although the absence of both Jannik Vestergaard and Maya Yoshida against Manuel Pellegrini’s men meant that Jan Bednarek and Jack Stephens started together in a back four – the experiment didn’t go well however.

New centre-back needed

Southampton desperately need a quality centre-back this summer, and Hasenhuttl needs to ensure that he gets the signing right.

It seems clear that the 51-year-old wants to play a 4-2-2-2 system next season given the formation he tried against West Ham, and that means that he needs two good individuals to feel that role in the middle.

Stephens clearly isn’t good enough, while there are still some question marks over Yoshida, Vestergaard and Bednarek, the latter of whom had an off-day in the capital.

The south coast club may be able to find the net on a regular basis, but that won’t make a difference next term if they can’t keep it out of their own one again.

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They need a player who has leadership qualities, is strong in the air and decent in possession – much like former Saint Virgil van Dijk.

Finding someone like the PFA Player of the Year won’t be easy, but they club has done it before and they can do it again.

If they don’t sign the correct centre-half during the summer transfer window, it is difficult to see them avoiding another relegation scrap in 2019/20.

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Blackburn Rovers fans on Twitter are split on the crucial question of who should be named the club’s Player of the Year for the 2018/2019 season.

This came after they were asked by the club’s official Twitter account as voting for the annual award was declared open.

The accolade is voted for by the supporters each year with voting ending on Wednesday 1st of May and, after an impressive first season back in the Sky Bet Championship, in which Rovers sit 14th in the table with just two matches remaining, there’s no shortage of contenders.

The likes of goalkeeper David Raya, defenders Charlie Mulgrew and Darragh Lenihan, midfielders Elliott Bennett, Harrison Reed, Lewis Travis, reigning champion Bradley Dack and prolific forward Danny Graham are all in with a major shout.

However, the Ewood Park faithful seem to be more focused on just three of those names and you can find out who they are in our list of reactive Tweets, below…

Sometimes a club makes a signing that on the surface looks like a good deal but somehow goes wrong, and for Portsmouth, that player is James Vaughan.

Signed on loan from Bury on deadline in the January transfer window, the 30-year-old striker was brought in to help with Pompey’s promotion push as Kenny Jackett looked to take his side to the Championship, but three months later, and Vaughan has proven to be one of the most useless signings this season.

The attacker has only made two starts for Kenny Jackett’s side, scoring no goals and only being brought on as a substitute eight times. Vaughan, who is valued at £450,000 on Transfermarkt, has been an immense flop for the south coast side, and Pompey making the loan a permanent move would be an awful bit of business for the club.

At nearly half-a-million, Vaughan would be too expensive a signing for the club to make with summer improvements a necessary this upcoming transfer window, and given how poor the striker has been this season, spending that much on a goalless striker would be an awful investment from Pompey.

As well as value and poor form, Vaughan is simply too old a signing for Portsmouth to be making. With the club taking an approach to younger and more off-the-beaten-path signings like Ronan Curtis, Pompey should continue scouting for younger players from leagues teams wouldn’t normally look at for talent.

Vaughan’s time at Portsmouth has been unremarkable at best, and Jackett signing him on a permanent deal will be nothing but stupid business from the club.

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There was a point on Saturday afternoon when Sheffield United looked like they were about to open a four-point gap between themselves and promotion rivals Leeds United.

However, in typical Championship fashion, things changed in an instant as Andreas Weimann fired in a superb hat-trick for Bristol City at Bramall Lane to secure a 3-2 victory over the Blades. Meanwhile, Leeds, who were losing 2-1 at home to Millwall, completed a stunning late comeback to claim all three points which resulted them leapfrogging Chris Wilder’s side in the league.

What could have been a four point lead in the standings had turned into a two point deficit for the Blades who saw all their hard-work in defeating the Whites at Elland Road in March wiped out at the weekend. Nevertheless, Wilder will know that their chase for automatic promotion to the Premier League is far from over and so they shouldn’t let their defeat to the Robins define their season.

With seven fixtures to go in the Championship, United only have to face two sides who are in contention for the play-offs whilst Leeds have three tough fixtures against the likes of Aston Villa, Preston North End and Sheffield Wednesday. Even if Marcelo Bielsa’s side slip-up just once in the next five weeks, goal-difference could become a key factor as the Blades are currently on +29 which is four better than their Yorkshire rivals.

Wilder will be hoping that his side will be able to replicate the same form that they illustrated when they last recorded a poor result in the league against Aston Villa. Following a 3-3 draw with the Lions at the start of February, United went on a run of six wins and a draw which saw them accumulate 19 points from a possible 21. If they can do this again, they will finish the season on 93 points, a total that will tough for Bielsa’s Leeds to match.

What do you think Blades fans? Can your side bounce back from Saturday’s defeat? How many points do you think they will need to overcome Leeds at the end of the season? Get in touch below.

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According to the Daily Mail, Everton are checking on Lille striker Rafael Leao, who they are reportedly looking to sign in the summer as Marcel Brands looks to build a team that ‘can move forward’.

What’s the word, then?

Well, the Portugal Under-21 striker only joined Lille back in the summer on a free transfer after his departure from Sporting Lisbon, which came following a training ground invasion which saw some players assaulted.

Since his arrival in France, Leao has performed admirably, showing the form which caught the attention of Manchester City before he opted to move to Ligue 1 in hope of more first-team football – the 19-year-old has hit seven goals and recorded two assists in 15 league starts.

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Leao is a direct, pacy forward who can play on the left or in the centre, and is a player that Lille reportedly don’t want to lose, despite being braced for offers – the teenager has four years remaining on his contract.

Everton moving in the right direction

Marco Silva and Brands are moving in the right direction with their work in the transfer market.

Following their capture of Richarlison, the Toffees are snapping up just the right kind of player – young, hungry footballers whose values will only increase as they get older.

This has been proven by AC Milan’s interest in Richarlison, with Everton wanting around £60m for their 21-year-old Brazilian, a fee which could easily be met by one of Europe’s giants.

Leao is a dynamic, young forward who looks to have bags of potential, highlighted by Manchester City’s interest in him, as aforesaid.

Along with the signings of Jordan Pickford, Lucas Digne and Bernard, Brands is certainly identifying, and signing, the correct profile of player, and moving away from the scatter-gun approach of old which saw names such as Davy Klaassen, Theo Walcott and Morgan Schneiderlin arrive.

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The Steve Bruce revolution continued at Hillsborough on Saturday, and one January swoop in particular is looking like an absolute stroke of genius from the club.

The Owls have still not lost since Bruce arrived at the club, and Saturday’s win was one of the best performances yet.

While goals from Craig Conway and Elliott Bennett gave Blackburn a fighting chance, the hosts blew their guests 4-2, and January capture Dominic Iorfa was once again at the centre of everything good.

The 23 year-old, who signed for the club on deadline day on a permanent deal from Wolves, has now scored three times and found an assist for his new club, despite only featuring in seven games.

He has started at right-back in the last four games, in which the Owls have picked up eight points and kept two clean sheets.

He assisted Steven Fletcher’s early opener on Saturday before smashing in a goal of his own in the second half, and fans are now heaping praise on what they consider to be the best piece of transfer business the club has done in a long time.

You can find some of the best Twitter reactions down below…