Michael Ball tackles the big issues at Goodison Park after Everton’s 1-0 defeat to Fulham in their opening game of the new Premier League season

Jack Harrison is the latest new face through the door at Goodison Park – after our latest dose of drama – but Evertonians are frustrated that we haven’t brought in transfers earlier. It’s been obvious what positions we’re short on and it should have been done and dusted very early on in the summer but then I look round at other clubs and many of them are still trying to bring in their targets.

Why was Harry Kane’s transfer left so late? That could have been done over a month ago.

Look at Chelsea and the Moises Caicedo situation, that’s only getting done now after months of interest and Chelsea not wanting to pay £100million for him in January and now having to splash out £115million. Even our neighbours, they brought in Alexis Mac Allister early on but now they’re scrambling around – having tried to hijack Caicedo’s Chelsea move – chasing another midfielder.

We know how agents and football clubs often work, wanting to build up interest in these players that are worth fighting for. At this moment in time, Everton unfortunately aren’t a team who seem to be the most attractive proposition because we’ve struggled for the past couple of seasons and nobody seems to know what’s going on upstairs.

The top of the club appears to have been a state of disarray for a long time now and potential signings are going to want answers to questions about these things and if they’ve got another option then they’re probably going to sidestep us.

Look what happened with Arnaut Danjuma first time around when we were managerless. If someone goes for a medical but then has the chance to go and sign for another club, that tells me that not all is well. As Evertonians, I think we’ve got to strap ourselves in for more bumpy rides as I think there are still plenty of more twists and turns to come before the end of the transfer window.

We’re getting called Interested Party FC as we’re potentially in the market for a whole host of players. In many ways it’s like moving house and you’re stuck in a chain, waiting for certain scenarios to happen and every party involved is trying to get the best deal for them.