MICHAEL: IT'S ALL ON YOU

Under-21 cap Chermiti from Sporting in 2023.

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And now he has just sanctioned another £8m splurge after giving the green light for Rangers’ deadline-day swoop for the Toffees striker.

The huge fee - which could hit eight figures with add-ons - is the biggest sum the Light Blues have spent on a single player since the £12m capture of Tore Andre Flo a quarter of a century ago.

But it has left fans puzzled and wondering if recruiting a largely untested frontman with just three first-team goals to his name - all in his native Portugal - was the best way to spend the cash.

Now former Rangers star Ball - who was also an Everton favourite in his playing days - has warned Thelwell the move better work out for Russell Martin's team or he could find his already shaky standing with the Ibrox support taking a fatal hit.

The former England international told Record Sport: “I think Kev feels that he’s got a point to prove that he was right with Chermiti.