Ronald Koeman knew he was in danger of being sacked by Everton, with the club's failure to adequately replace star striker Romelu Lukaku among the reasons for his dismissal. Koeman departed Goodison Park on Monday, the day after a 5-2 thumping at home to Arsenal left his side in the relegation zone, having recorded just two wins from their first nine Premier League games. Although Everton spent heavily on the likes of Jordan Pickford, Michael Keane, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Davy Klaassen during the transfer window, attacking arrivals Wayne Rooney and Sandro Ramirez could not fill Lukaku's boots. Koeman had tried to persuade Arsenal forward Olivier Giroud to join Everton, while winger Nikola...
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