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Everton, quite clearly, need a new right-back. However, it cannot be a quick fix, and after years of trying to find a solution, a long-term strategy must be enacted before they fritter even more money away on one position. Seamus Coleman is ageing and always injured, and Ashley Young can no longer be trusted, at 39 years old. And, with Nathan Patterson wildly unfavored, it’s really tough to predict how Sean Dyche and Kevin Thelwell might tackle this problem after so many mistakes in the past. Trusting in youth represents a short-term fix, but they will want someone to make the spot their own. …

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