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With the Toffees fighting for their lives towards the bottom of the Premier League table, they watched one of their academy graduates, Ellis Simms, score twice and record an assist away to a top-half Premier League side, and will have supporters begging the question of why on earth they let him leave.

It’s been far from an easy ride for Simms at Coventry this season, but he’s beginning to find form at the right time and Everton’s supporters will rightly be baffled and probably annoyed that the 23-year-old was allowed to leave at a time when the Toffees are doing so poorly.

Ellis Simms’ move from Everton to Coventry City

After a relatively successful loan spell at Sunderland during the first-half of last season, Simms was recalled by Everton in January 2023 in a bid to address their shortage of goals.

Simms would only find the back of the net once in 11 Premier League games for the Toffees, but given his lack of experience at that level and playing in a poor side, it wasn’t a disastrous return for the Oldham-born striker.

This seemed like the first of many Premier League campaigns for Simms, but instead the club made the decision to sell him to Coventry City for £8million in a deal that raised eyebrows.

We know now that Everton were in trouble with financial fair play (FFP), so they needed to make money, but in hindsight they may have been better off selling some of the older, more experienced players who had led them to relegation battles for two consecutive seasons, particularly when they are lacking a focal point up-front.

Since his move to Coventry, Simms has scored 14 times and registered three assists in 43 games, and the 23-year-old will presumably get better with age