Managers are always looking for 'the clinical edge in football' - Dyche

Everton manager Sean Dyche says it is not "easy" turn strikers into clinical goalscorers.

The Toffees' financial struggles off the pitch continue as their takeover remains up in the air and, before the match against Tottenham on Saturday, Dyche bemoaned the lack of options available to him.

Those difficulties look to have translated on to the pitch at the beginning of the new season as they followed an opening day 3-0 defeat by Brighton with a 4-0 drubbing at Spurs.

Once again they have lacked a clinical presence up front, an issue that was a feature of their last campaign and one they have not yet been able to resolve coming into this season.

"If it was that easy [to develop strikers] we would all be developing them and making them brilliant," said Dyche before Everton's Carabao Cup second-round tie against Doncaster at Goodison Park on Tuesday.

"So when people say, 'how are you going to make them more clinical?' then I will just say we're going to keep working and trying to find different ways - maybe the best kind of way they score goals - and give them the ammunition that gives them the best chance to score their best goals.

"But generally speaking, it is always a tough assignment. The clinical edge in football is always the thing managers are looking for."

When asked about potentially bringing a striker in before Friday's transfer deadline, the former Burnley boss responded: "And there are loads of them around? Everyone says why aren't we getting a striker - and I say go and find me one and we will get them in.

"Especially one for not a lot of money. That is a task, trust me. I have been doing it for years."