Mate, we are Everton FC. We have an owner here looking to profit. Is he willing to hand some funds out for player trading over and above the tv money and player trading? Possibly. Will it be for signings that would lead to a player on the cusp of moving for guaranteed CL football to turn back from those CL clubs? I cant see it. I especially cant see it because there is a stadium to start tightening the belt for, and we cant invest heavily on both projects. We just cant. None of the financial elite above us would be spending big under those circumstances. Look at Liverpool who are merely paying off that new stand.
Will RL sign an extension? Yes, probably. Will he be here next season with Everton? No, emphatically not.