David Unsworth’s shunning of all things Ronald Koeman went a little over the top at the weekend and became so obvious it brought the spotlight more on himself.
As Unsworth seems to believe the best way of getting the Everton job is to make himself as ‘Everton’ as possible, insinuating more and more blame towards the Dutchman seems to be his plan to impress Steve Walsh and co.
That’s involved dropping several players, perhaps most surprisingly Nikola Vlasic. The 20 year old Croatian dropping completely out of the picture has been a surprise to fans, who assumed there’s an injury problem, but a Twitter account claiming to belong to the player’s sister has dismissed fitness worries.
The same goes for the Croatian media, who are also surprised at Vlasic dropping out of Everton’s squad.
Perhaps Vlasic didn’t help himself when speaking to the Croatian press last week and revealing the brekkie options at Everton: “The choice is really rich, you can even eat a classic English breakfast with eggs, sausages, beans and ketchup. I’m avoiding it as it’s large portions, I don’t know how to eat it and run before training. I keep with the proven, what I’m used to eating and at home, and only fish is missing. There is also fish here, but it’s not as good as ours.”
David Unsworth, a man who doesn’t look shy of a fry-up, may be concerned the Finch Farm revelations could bring an end to the breakfast banquet.
Vlasic also spoke of his regret over Koeman: “I’m sorry that the coach was fired because he brought me to the club and we had a very good relationship, but this is how it goes in professional football.”
Of course, Unsworth dropping Vlasic for either reason would be completely ridiculous, but perhaps not quite as ridiculous as dropping a 20 year old to try and prove a point and look good by banishing all things Koeman.
Keep the players, drop the sausages.
