'Everton's team still needs some serious strengthening'published at 13:53 British Summer Time 15 April
Phil McNulty Q&A
Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer
G: Hi Phil, I’d like your answer to a question posted for Everton fans. Would you extend Doucoure’s contract? I’m firmly in the camp of thanks for everything but time to move on.
Hello, G. Sounds a bit like fence-sitting but I think you’d need to know what alternatives are out there before deciding on that – and what Doucoure would want of course.
I’d certainly think long and hard about it because he is 32. I would be tempted to give Idrissa Gueye a deal before Doucoure, even though he is 36 in September.
David Moyes may have ideas of his own because, despite the upturn since he arrived, Everton’s team still needs some serious strengthening.
