Neal Maupay should be contracted to Everton – however he could not assist however stick the knife in following the membership’s defeat to Nottingham Forest.
The French striker is presently on mortgage at Ligue 1 giants Marseille, which is able to turn out to be a everlasting keep subsequent summer time.
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Maupay has endured a disappointing time at Everton after becoming a member of from Brighton in 2022.
He scored only one aim in 29 video games in all competitions for the Toffees throughout the 2022/23 marketing campaign.
He was then shipped off on mortgage to Brentford the next marketing campaign, earlier than being offloaded but once more earlier this yr.
The 28-year-old has featured frequently underneath Roberto De Zerbi in France – serving to his aspect sit second within the desk.
He has been instantly concerned in six objectives from 11 Ligue 1 matches to indicate Everton what they’re lacking.
In distinction, Everton are struggling this season as they sit sixteenth within the Premier League desk – simply two factors above the relegation zone following Sunday’s residence defeat to Forest, which noticed Chris Wooden and Morgan Gibbs-White seal a 2-0 triumph for them.
And Maupay seemed to rub salt within the wounds of Everton followers as he mocked their loss on social media.
Dwelling as much as his pantomime villain popularity, Maupay joked on X: “At any time when I’m having a foul day I simply test the Everton rating and smile.”
It is protected to say that Everton supporters had been left fuming by his publish, with former WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew merely writing: “P****.”
One other X consumer stated: “In our corridor of fame for one of many worst gamers to placed on a blue shirt.”
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In the meantime this fan wrote: “Subsequent time you play Everton you are going to get snapped. That can pipe you proper down.”
His remark drew a response from Maupay, who replied by saying: “See you within the Champions League subsequent season!”
He then adopted it up by making an extra joke at Everton’s expense.
Correcting his earlier publish, Maupay merely acknowledged, ‘Championship,’ highlighting the relegation battle the Toffees are concerned in.
It is not the primary time this season that Maupay has induced the ire of Everton followers.
Previous to his mortgage to Marseille, Maupay was on the bench for the membership’s heavy defeats to Brighton and Tottenham.
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Following Everton’s 4-0 hammering at Spurs, Maupay was one in all a number of gamers that had been focused with abuse by supporters at a London practice station.
In a video that went viral, Maupay appeared to react to the shouts of ‘f*** off’ from one explicit supporter.
He then shared the clip in query on social media, the place he stated: “Think about one other job the place it’s normalised to get abuse like this.
“Hanging round at a practice station to scream at males who’re attempting their greatest…”
And following his latest social media exercise, it is protected to say there is no love misplaced between the participant and the Everton fanbase.
