Everton have made a solid start to the new Premier League season under manager Ronald Koeman.

The Dutchman took over from Roberto Martinez in the summer after the Spaniard could only finish 11th last season, a season in which they conceded 55 goals – only the bottom five conceded more.

Unsurprisingly, Martinez lost his job, and the Everton hierarchy brought in Southampton boss Koeman in a bid to get the Toffees back near the top of the division.

And, based on the first few months, he could certainly achieve that this season.

The Toffees have won four of their first eight league matches, and sit just five points behind leaders Manchester City in fifth place in the table. They travel to Burnley on Saturday looking to make up that ground on the leaders.

However, there have been a few Everton players who haven’t quite hit the heights expected of them over the past few years, and here are THREE of those overrated players…

Aaron Lennon

Once an England international, and indeed a regular at Tottenham, but has Aaron Lennon ever really been a top Premier League winger? Probably not.

He is as quick as anybody in the league, extremely agile, and surprisingly strong for a smaller player, but his final delivery has always been lacking. For how many times he gets into great crossing positions, that final ball is often not good enough.

He moved to Everton last year in a bid to resurrect his career, and did well at times last season, but there are better players, with more consistency in the final third, than Lennon at Everton.

Enner Valencia

Enner Valencia’s loan move to Merseyside in the summer was one of the strangest deals to happen in the summer transfer window.

The 26-year-old rarely did enough to suggest that he warranted such a move, given that he would fall down the pecking order at West Ham following the summer arrival of Andre Ayew.

Admittedly, he wasn’t always playing in his preferred role as a striker, but there must have been a reason why Slaven Bilic didn’t play him there. Eight league goals in two years in East London is hardly prolific for someone who came to the Premier League for £12 million.

His bid to get his career going again at Everton hasn’t worked either, as he has yet start a league game for the Toffees this season.

Ross Barkley

Perhaps a touch harsh, but Ross Barkley’s form in recent months has done little to suggest that he could fulfil his potential.

The 22-year-old was widely heralded as the next ‘big thing’ for England, much in the same way Jack Wilshere was, but it just hasn’t happened for him.

Struggling to influence this Everton team in a manner seen from him previously, and left out of the last two England squads, you just wonder whether Barkley is actually good enough to reach and exceed those high expectations.

Time, however, is on his side.