Jordan Pickford had just come off the back of an impressive season at Sunderland and earned a mega-money move to Goodison Park.

He became Everton’s record buy and fast forward eight years, it’s fair to say it was money well spent by then sporting director Steve Walsh.

Pickford has established himself as England’s number one during his impressive stint on Merseyside, having been the starter at the last four major tournaments.

But, former Everton goalkeeper Neville Southall shares a different opinion.

Southall played over 700 games for Everton, so clearly, he knows a thing or two about goalkeeping.

And, that makes his latest comment all the more baffling, as he labelled Pickford as ‘average’ when discussing the standard of modern goalkeepers.

“The lad at Manchester City is all right, the lad at Liverpool is okay,” Southall explained.

“Ours is average… he does okay. He’s average. If I’d have played like that, I’d be out the team for Howard.”

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Everton have been through really hard times over the last few years as they’ve dealt with PSR restrictions, which have led to multiple relegation battles.