Mike Dean will be the lead VAR official for the Everton vs West Ham United Premier League clash on Sunday afternoon.
The Premier League confirmed the officials for the game between Everton and West Ham yesterday.
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The last time West Ham played in the Premier League – away at Chelsea 11 days ago, we were on the wrong end of a truly farcical VAR decision.
The call to rule out Maxwel Cornet’s late equaliser cost us a point in the end. It was a horrific decision that quite simply should never have been made.
All eyes will be on referee Michael Oliver for Sunday’s clash at Goodison Park but what will rankle the West Ham fans will be the man who’s operating VAR…
VAR announcement made ahead of Everton vs West Ham
The Hammers fans will be delighted to know that Mike Dean will be the lead VAR official for our clash with the Toffees on Sunday…NOT!
West Ham fans thought they had seen the last of Dean when he retired at the end of last season.
But in the summer, the Tranmere-supporting man in black announced he will in fact stay in the Premier League as a dedicated VAR official (Daily Mail).
West Ham have had a number of controversial incidents involving Dean throughout the years.
One of the most notable was when the Hammers had an attacking free-kick in the dying moments of a 0-0 draw at Fulham a couple of seasons ago and Dean sent off Hammers star Tomas Soucek for an “elbow” on Aleksandar Mitrovic.
That was despite VAR replays clearly showing there was no intention from Soucek and Mitrovic himself pleading Soucek’s innocence to the ref.
The West Ham incident saw Dean roundly criticised by football fans and pundits.
Soucek’s red card was swiftly rescinded.
Mike Dean has a track-record of wanting to be the centre of attention in everything that he does. Let’s hope that we’re not all talking about him at 4 o’clock on Sunday afternoon.
The VAR announcement ahead of Everton vs West Ham will undoubtedly have infuriated the Hammers fanbase…and rightly so.
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