Royal Blue: The unexpected way Everton may have found to finally replace Romelu Lukaku

The wait is nearly over... Everton return to Premier League action on Sunday, and in your and second final Royal Blue podcast of the week, we preview the visit of Crystal Palace to Goodison Park.

But before getting stuck into the clash with Roy Hodgson’s side, the show kicks off with a debate about a player who may not even make the match – Idrissa Gueye. If the midfielder is ruled out with the injury he sustained on international duty, who should take his place? Morgan Schneiderlin? Unleash Andre Gomes? Drop Gylfi Sigurdsson back?

The ECHO’s head of sport, Dave Prentice, who is joined on the podcast by Chris Beesley, Paul Wheelock and host Sam Carroll, is dead against the idea of shifting Sigurdsson out of the No 10 position, particularly given the display he produced as part of a new-look, exciting front four in the win at Leicester City before the international break.

That leads on to a discussion about whether the Blues have finally found a way of replacing Romelu Lukaku – but not in the way most supporters expected.

Also up for debate is Yerry Mina, and when will be the right time to introduce the big summer signing, the brilliant Bernard, as well as the club’s promising young players, including Jonjoe Kenny.

And before the podcast rounds off with positively upbeat Palace predictions, the lads take a trip down Memory Lane to remember one of the most famous goals in the club’s modern-day history, which just so happened to hit the back of David Seaman’s net 16 years ago today.

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