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In an inflated market, the fact someone like Sandro Ramirez is available for under £10m is a stroke of luck.

Everton are the team hoping to profit from it and in doing so land one of the most exciting forwards in Spain last season.

Sandro’s 16 goals in 31 games were unprecedented. Firstly for the fact he’d never produced similar numbers in his career before that season, and secondly because he was in a Malaga team who struggled for much of the season.

His goals of course are a big part of the reason he became so sought after.

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Sandro scored in a variety of manners too. From free-kicks, headers, outside the area - a particularly strong feature of his - and in the penalty area.

But the bonus to Sandro is his hold-up play. It’s something rarely referred to when discussing Spanish strikers, maybe only when Aritz Aduriz and Fernando Llorente come up, but the 21-year-old is an extremely proficient outlet for his team.

Sandro has the ability to drop in deep to the halfway line, retain possession and shift the ball into advanced areas. He can also work with his back to goal, and protect the ball superbly.

He may be only 5ft7in but Sandro uses the frame he does have to his advantage adeptly. Rather than being bumped off the ball, the ex-Barcelona man backs in and can swivel away from his marker in an instant.

Rather than being completely rapid, Sandro uses his speed as a trigger, exploding away from opponents.

This often allows him to win a few yards of space, be it to open up for a shot or help his team keep the ball. A good feature of Sandro’s game is his ability to get his head up and assess the options available to him.

He’s neither greedy not keen to release the ball and for the most part his decision making is impressive. This is especially noticeable as he drifts in from wide areas as he often likes to do, usually from the left.

The doubts surrounding Sandro are rather generic and to be expected.

They largely centre around his adaptation to the Premier League and English culture. As has been seen in the past, this can go either way. Players such as Santi Cazorla and David Silva have swam, meanwhile others like Borja Baston and Roberto Soldado have sunk.

But there is a grit and determination to Sandro’s game that could hold him in good stead.

He’s shown this so far with Spain at this summer’s European U-21 Championship. While not as elegant as the others in this squad, he strives to fit in and offer an outlet to the more gifted, instrumental players. It says a lot about the attitude of the player.

There’s also the Barcelona issue. Why didn’t they keep him - even as a back-up - and opted to spend big on Paco Alcacer from Valencia?

There are some internal politics at Barça that many fans in England are unaware of, and the issue of promotion from La Masia and to the first team is a thorny one these days. Barça felt Alcacer, more experienced in the top flight, was a better bet for their squad than Sandro, who had featured more often than not for the B team with fleeting first team appearances.

Sandro deserved more chances and that view has become more commonplace in time. His performances at Malaga showed he would’ve been a more than able back-up for Barça’s glittering first choice MSN forward line.

Neither work in progress nor cast-off, Sandro can hit the ground running at Everton.