Top 5: Everton’s Players of the Season so far

1. Romelu Lukaku

It seems unfair that someone could pip Gueye to the top spot for Everton’s best player of the season so far. However, just how much of a difference Lukaku makes for Everton cannot be underestimated.

He has notched 18 times in the Premier League, 12 goals ahead of Ross Barkley and Seamus Coleman in joint second, and been involved in 51 per cent of the side’s goals.

The Belgian recently became The Toffees’ highest ever goalscorer in the League, in just four years, with 61 goals, eclipsing Duncan Ferguson’s 60.

He also has the highest goals per game of Everton’s Top 50 goalscorers in history. There isn’t sufficient back up for Lukaku, with Enner Valencia the only real option, but the forward has not let any pressure get him down.

Reports are surfacing that the talisman is on the verge of signing a new contract to keep him at the club until 2022, which would be a huge achievement for the board.

Lukaku is, at the moment, the pinnacle of Everton Football Club.