Maupay slams Everton fans after squad abused at Euston station

Neal Maupay took aim at Everton’s fans on social media on Sunday night after the playing squad were verbally abused by some of their supporters at Euston station over the weekend.
Fans confronted the players in London on Saturday night and hurled verbal abuse at some members of Sean Dyche’s side after the heavy defeat by Tottenham Hotspur.
“Imagine another job where it’s normalised to get abuse like this. Hanging around at a train station to scream at men who are trying their best…” Maupay said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Video on social media showed Everton’s squad having to run the gauntlet as they sought to board a train on Saturday evening after their 4-0 loss in the capital.
Maupay had a volley of expletives directed at him and appeared to react to the vitriol before Mason Holgate also found himself the target of unsavoury treatment. Both players left Goodison Park on loan deals last season and will be allowed to depart before the transfer window closes on Friday if buyers can be found.
Everton have lost both of their opening fixtures, are bottom of the Premier League table and have yet to score a goal.
The collapse of a proposed takeover by the Friedkin Group, a US company, in June has created more uncertainty at the club. Dyche, the Everton manager, has to sell players before he can reinvest some of the money in new signings.
Supporters unhappy at the running of the club by Farhad Moshiri, the owner, have quickly become disconnected again, with Dyche indicating that funds are not available to strengthen a squad that has been decimated by injury.
Everton host Doncaster Rovers in the second round of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday and then have a home game against Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday.
James Tarkowski has said that uncertainty over players’ futures cannot be used as an excuse for poor performances. “We can start looking [at the uncertainty] beyond the next game but that’s just looking for excuses for why we underperformed,” Tarkowski, the central defender, said.
“In my time, it [the transfer noise] has been constant, it’s nothing new. This is probably the least for a while, so it’s actually been quite nice for me.”
Tarkowski is confident that Everton can repeat last season’s late run, which helped them to accrue 40 points after having eight deducted for breaching the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules in two separate cases.
“We started slow last season and finished with a decent points total, considering all the challenges we went through,” Tarkowski said. “So there’s no reason why we can’t do that again.”