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Everton recall Ellis Simms from loan spell at Sunderland

Sunderland have been dealt a blow ahead of January.

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Everton recall Ellis Simms from loan spell at Sunderland
Everton recall Ellis Simms from loan spell at Sunderland /

Everton have recalled Ellis Simms from his loan spell at Sunderland, according to The Athletic. 

Simms has made a real impact at Sunderland this season, bagging his seventh goal of an injury-interrupted season in the 4-1 win over Wigan.

However, that form has not gone unnoticed, and Lampard has taken note and recalled him to Goodison Park. 

“We have the ability to recall him and we are considering that," Lampard said earlier in the day. "It will be my decision first and foremost.

"[It would be] to give us possibly other options in an attacking sense. I think Ellis has done well there, he has scored goals. It was a loan to help his development to go to the Championship and he has done pretty well.

"That is helpful to us that he has games in his locker this year, we will look at that strongly… There is a balance of what is best for Ellis and clearly what is best for us and to get him in a position to be ready to come in and score goals.

"It is one question to be scoring in the Championship, another to be scoring goals in the Premier League as well.

“When we look at where we are at, and I am talking about options off the bench for us and options to start if someone shows himself. We have to look at everything in our hands and Ellis is our player.”

It would certainly be a huge blow to Sunderland, who have only just got him back themselves following injury.

Simms scored the winner from the bench against Blackburn on Boxing Day and backed that up with the opener at Wigan. 

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MICHAEL GRAHAM

Michael Graham is a professional sports writer with more than ten years of industry experience. After pursuing football writing by helping establish the Roker Report Sunderland AFC fansite, Michael moved to Planet Sport to cover football.  Michael has since worked on many of the sports sites within the Planet Sport network, including Football365, TEAMtalk and Planet Football before leaving to join 90min. As well as football, Michael is an accomplished tennis writer and has been regularly featured on Tennishead, TennisBuzz and Tennis365. It is football that is his first love, though, with Sunderland AFC his particular passion.  Contact: michael@buzzpublishing.co.uk

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