Tom King

King has played at almost every rung of the English pyramid, from non league loans through the lower divisions and eventually into a Premier League squad. That journey produces a particular kind of goalkeeper, one who has faced enormous volumes of shots in matches where the defending in front of him was not always organised. His name reached a much wider audience when a goal kick against Cheltenham carried the length of the pitch and went in.

The role at Everton is understood by everybody involved, because the goalkeeping order at the club was settled long before he arrived. What a squad needs from a third goalkeeper is standards in training and no complaining when the team sheet goes up. Professionals who have been dropped, promoted and released along the way tend to be very good at exactly that.