‘Everton in desperate trouble, horrendous back four and what’s happened to Dele Alli?’ – Harry Redknapp’s damning verdict on Toffees and says not even Pep Guardiola could turn it around

Harry Redknapp gave a damning assessment of Everton and expressed his fears they could get relegated this season.

The Toffees suffered a demoralising 5-0 defeat to Tottenham and leaves them just one point above the drop zone.

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Redknapp’s nephew, Frank Lampard, is the man tasked with turning things around at the club to preserve their Premier League status.

But the former Tottenham manager thinks you could put serial title-winner Pep Guardiola into the club and he would struggle.

“They are just a very poor group of players,” Redknapp told talkSPORT Breakfast. “I watched it on TV and Jamie Carragher said it was a Championship back four.

“If you go through, man-for-man, it’s a poor outfit. They’ve recruited badly, got no legs in midfield, the little boy Allan can’t run and get around the pitch.

“It’s only the young lad [Anthony Gordon] who showed any life and played with some energy.

“They really are a poor outfit.

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“You look at their managers, they’ve had Champions League winning managers. Ancelotti couldn’t get a tune out of the club, Rafa Benitez the same.

“They’ve gone through good managers. The recruitment has just been shocking at the club.

“They are average players, average characters. Frank has his work cut out. If he keeps them up then he’s done very well because they are in desperate trouble.”

He continued: “It’s not just suddenly happened, it’s happened all year. It’s what one win in 14 now.

“As I said, they’ve had Champions League winning managers who have gone there and couldn’t get anything out of them.

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“It’s down to recruitment. I don’t care who you think you are, you could put Pep [Guardiola] in there and he’s not suddenly going to turn that group around.

“They aren’t good enough and have a very average group of players. He’s got a massive job on his hands.

“The eight games at home in the last 13 is the big thing. They’ve got great fans and hopefully will give them a lift.

“They’ve got Wolves and Newcastle, they will need that crowd behind them even if things aren’t going well.

“Hopefully at the end of the season they can rebuild.”

One person Harry Redknapp was left scratching his head about was Dele Alli, who started on the bench against his former club.

He joined Everton to much fanfare, but is still struggling to recapture the form he showed earlier in his career.

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Redknapp added: “What’s happened to Dele Alli? Frank brought him in and was so excited about signing him, there’s got to be something wrong with what he’s doing as he can’t get in the team.

“He goes back to Tottenham last night and it’s almost embarrassing. He was such a big player and when you go back to your old club you don’t want to sit on the bench.

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“You want to show them what you can do. He’s done nothing since he’s been there.

“I’ve been one of his biggest fans, but there’s a few of them that need to start performing as they are in desperate trouble.”