Everton’s defensive potential in 2019/20 could depend on some external factors.
The Toffees have already been targetted by Fantasy Premier League managers a team to invest in for Gameweek 1.
That’s because they top the Season Ticker for the first six matches of the new campaign.
At the time of writing, Lucas Digne (£6.0m) is sat in 28% of teams, signifying the interest in Everton’s defence for the start of the season.
He was a key part of helping his side keep eight clean sheets in the last 11 matches of 2018/19.
But Digne was not the only important member of the back-four that produced such an impressive achievement.
Alongside the Frenchman was Chelsea centre-back Kurt Zouma, who spent the 2018/19 campaign on loan at Goodison Park.
As things stand, the Frenchman is back at his parent club and was involved in Chelsea’s first pre-season friendly.
With Zouma’s future currently up in the air, there may be some who are cooling their interest in Everton defensive assets.
So the aim of this article is to assess his contribution to the Toffees defence last season so we know whether or not a potential absence from the team at the start of 2019/20 would reduce the clean sheet potential of Digne, Jordan Pickford (£5.5m), Seamus Coleman (£5.5m) and the like.
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