Everton weaker now than when transfer window started – but Sean Dyche will give give them best chance of staying up

Maybe one day the reasons for a blank transfer window will become clearer, but for Evertonians the dawning of a new month brings with it the same feeling of despair and of questions left unanswered.

“Fans have held onto the belief that if players were brought in this window, we may have had the chance of staying up,” former captain Alan Stubbs told Sky Sports.

“But to see them sell someone for £45m and bring no one in it is just another in a catalogue of errors made by this inept...