Is Barry emerging as frontman Everton can finally count on?

When Barry joined Everton last summer, he arrived at a club building for a brighter future.

In the years before his arrival, the Toffees had gone through a succession of managers, all of whom had faced relegation battles.

Everton had also been hit with a points deduction for breaching the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR).

All of those factors meant that when Moyes and his recruitment staff drew up plans to sign a new striker, they knew they would not have the financial muscle or pulling power to attract someone who was the finished article.

It meant that when Barry arrived on Merseyside, fresh from an 11-goal campaign in La Liga, there was an acceptance his development would take time.

But by the midway point of the season, that patience was growing thin among some supporters, with the Frenchman having scored only once in 18 Premier League appearances.

In January, however, Barry's season burst into life and, by his standards, he produced an impressive return in his debut campaign, finishing with eight goals in 38 Premier League appearances.

It was a return enhanced by the fact half of the forward's goals came after Everton's creator-in-chief, Jack Grealish, suffered a season-ending injury in January.

Barry's form peaked at the business end of the season, while some of his team-mates saw theirs dip as they pushed to help Everton secure a European place.

At the end of the campaign Barry's eight-goal tally came from an xG of 8.1 and he recorded a shot conversion rate of 21.1% - just shy of Erling Haaland's 21.4%.