Sean Dyche responds to Neal Maupay’s brutal swipe at Everton
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Sean Dyche has laughed off Neal Maupay’s disparaging remarks about Everton and doubts the on-loan forward will face disciplinary action for his comments. Maupay sparked a ferocious backlash from Everton fans after taking a swipe at the club in the wake of the side’s 2-0 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
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‘Whenever I’m having a bad day I just check the Everton score and smile,’ the Frenchman wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. In August, Maupay sealed a season-long loan move to Marseille and the 28-year-old made no secret of his delight to be on his way out of Everton at the time.
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Maupay has failed to make a significant impact at Goodison Park following a £15million move from Brighton back in 2022, managing just one goal in 32 appearances for the Merseyside outfit. Given he is still under contract, Maupay’s behaviour has gone down like a lead ballon behind the scenes at Everton, with the attacker seemingly intent on burning all bridges with the Toffees.
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But facing the media this afternoon, Everton head coach Dyche played down the significance of Maupay’s social media antics, stressing that he had far more important things to worry about with his side scrapping for Premier League survival. ‘I think it’s fair to say there’s a bigger picture to Everton Football Club that I’m focusing on,’ a grinning Dyche told reporters.
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