Everton told the signing they can make that would already have secured them 'extra six points'

Former Everton CEO Keith Wyness says a top striker could have already earned the club six extra points this season, with Thierno Barry missing more big chances than any other Premier League player.

Keith Wyness, Everton's former chief executive, has warned that the club's lack of a quality striker could cost them European football qualification this season. Speaking to Football Insider, Wyness highlighted that while Everton create chances at a top-level rate, they are converting them like a bottom-three team.

Thierno Barry is currently Everton's only senior striker and has missed more big chances than any other Premier League player this term. Wyness estimates the striker shortage has already cost Everton six points in matches where a clinical finisher would have converted chances.

Everton sit ninth in the Premier League and are expected to fight for European qualification by fine margins. The club sold Beto to Fiorentina on deadline day expecting Folarin Balogun to arrive from Monaco, but that deal collapsed in the final hours. Everton are now monitoring Dinamo Zagreb's Dion Beljo, who has scored 12 goals in eight league games this season, though Zagreb are in a strong position to retain him with a long-term contract in place.