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Everton intend to take their spending beyond £100 million in the transfer window as they make a renewed attempt to break into the Premier League’s top six.
Negotiations are continuing on deals for the Juventus striker Moise Kean and Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin, while additional targets include a centre back, a winger and a right back on loan.
A hectic final week prior to the transfer window closing next Thursday now looms, as does another sizeable chunk of investment from the Merseyside club.
Everton have so far spent £30 million on permanent deals for André Gomes and Fabian Delph (goalkeeper Jonas Lossl has signed on a free transfer) which takes their overall spending on incoming transfer fees to beyond £300 million since June 2017.
That cumulative figure will be around the £400 million mark should Everton follow through on their plans and will demonstrate the owner Farhad Moshiri’s determination to propel the club forward.
Contact with Chelsea over signing Kurt Zouma again following the success of last season’s loan deal continues, albeit with little indication, as yet, that they would be willing to sanction the France international’s departure at a time when they are constrained by a transfer ban.
Another centre back is deemed a necessity with Yerry Mina having endured an injury-scarred debut campaign and veteran Phil Jagielka released.
Everton have so far recouped around £60 million from the sales of Idrissa Gueye, Ademola Lookman and Nikola Vlasic with that figure set to increase by the exit of Henry Onyekuru to Monaco for about £15.5 million.
The Nigerian forward has never played for the club since arriving from Belgian side Eupen for £7 million in 2017 due to work permit issues, but enjoyed a successful spell on loan at Galatasaray last term.
With the likes of Yannick Bolasie, Oumar Niasse, Cuco Martina, Kevin Mirallas and Mo Besic also surplus to requirements, there will be a focus during the next week on trimming back the deadwood further.
Yet the reshaping of Marco Silva’s squad will include incoming deals to underline Moshiri’s ambition despite the lavish spending that has already marked his time at the helm.
Continued expenditure will bring pressure on Silva to improve on last season’s eighth-place which owed much to a strong finish following a dismal run of just four Premier League wins between December and the end of February, which included a 6-2 home defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.
Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City, who finished either side of Everton in seventh and ninth position respectively, will have similar designs on infiltrating the perceived elite with Arsenal viewed as vulnerable.
