A number of first-team players at Everton have reportedly threatened to walk out on the club unless striker Oumar Niasse is sold.
Niasse is said to have had run-ins with several of his teammates, causing a deep divide within the Toffees’ dressing room.
The Sun reports that it is a “war zone” behind the scenes at Goodison Park, with young midfielder Tom Davies among those prepared to hand in a transfer request unless the matter is resolved.
Davies is rumoured to have told a close friend: “Had enough of all the sh*t now, it’s making me feel down every day.”
Other senior pros will join Davies is pushing through an exit, it is claimed, as the likes of Phil Jagielka, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Jordan Pickford, Seamus Coleman, Mason Holgate, Michael Keane and Jonjoe Kenny are all unhappy.
Another senior player is quoted by the publication as saying: “I say everyone chucks transfer requests in unless Oumar goes. He’s the problem. He goes, problem goes.”