Everton early transfer rumours emerging ahead of busy summer

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A look at the names currently emerging at Everton.

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00:00Well, looking at Everton and in terms of their summer plans,

00:04I would mention it's also going to be a few big changes around the stadium move to be completed as well.

00:10David Moyes' first summer window back at the club.

00:13In terms of Liam De Lape, obviously he's going to be on a lot of Premier League clubs' radars.

00:18He's had a great season at a real struggling side this season.

00:21And that relegation release clause as well, which will come into place likely in terms of Ipswich.

00:28Do you feel Everton should go all out for the likes of Liam De Lape?

00:32How do you think they should navigate this summer transfer window?

00:36Because a striker who can score double-figure goals is so important.

00:41Obviously, that's lacked with Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the last couple of seasons.

00:47Yeah, well, Everton, as things standing, will need a striker.

00:50They're going to have, as things stand, two senior options out of contract,

00:54Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Armando Broder, who is probably going to go back to Chelsea.

01:00And Calvert-Lewin has had his ups and downs at Everton, has his injury issues now.

01:08And do Everton look and go in a different direction instead?

01:13And the thing with Liam De Lape is say, can Everton, if they do like him,

01:18can they persuade him that Everton are the club, does he want to fast-track his career

01:23and go to maybe a Chelsea or, you know, a Man Utters?

01:27But why do you want to go to Man Utters at the minute?

01:30And if you go to Everton, you know you're going to be playing a lot of football.

01:37Still only 22.

01:38Everton have got a history of developing strikers.

01:40They, you know, like to Romelu Lukaku, went and scored how many goals for Everton

01:45and got a big move to Man Utters on the back of that.

01:49And if David Moyes can convince him that he is going to be leading the line,

01:55he will improve.

01:57He won't stand in his way in a few years if a massive club comes.

02:01And Everton are a massive club himself.

02:02You don't know what Everton are going to do in the next couple of seasons

02:06if they, you know, take in an upward trajectory, start challenging for Europe.

02:10That's the aim of David Moyes.

02:12So, you know, the pulling power is there.

02:14He's only had one year in the Premier League, scored 12 goals for Ipswich.

02:19But he does look like a sort of centre-forward who David Moyes would like, you know.

02:24Someone who can bully defenders, someone who can give you the focal point,

02:28but someone who can score goals as well.

02:31He's shown that this season.

02:32£30 million, the only issue for Everton is how much of the budget would that take up.

02:40Because, you know, Everton are going to be able to spend money this summer,

02:42but it's not like they've got, you know, a blank cheque book.

02:46They've still got to keep an eye on the PSR situation, et cetera.

02:52And we'll, if they want one instalment to £30 million,

02:58then it might be difficult for Everton to pay it out of front.

03:00But can they pay it in instalments?

03:03I don't know.

03:04Well, if I was Liam Dillap and you were 22, you've got to make your next move.

03:12You've got to consider it.

03:13Do you want to go to Man Utd and get swallowed up potentially?

03:17Look at Rasmus got you installed there.

03:19Or do you want to go to a team that you know you'll be playing week in, week out

03:22with a manager who really admires you?

03:25Yeah, so if Everton like him, you could see the benefits of him moving.

03:30But it's just the fact that whether they spend a lot of that budget,

03:36because Everton, they need a striker, they'll need wingers,

03:40might need a centre-half, might need another left-back, midfield.

03:46So it's whether Everton go all out on one player,

03:49or they have to manage the budgets accordingly.

03:53Yeah, just scrolling on Everton news this morning,

03:57I saw echoes of Richarlison's return to Goodison.

04:01Now, obviously, it had to be an interesting situation.

04:05How do you think Everton fans would feel, whether it's real or not,

04:08whether it would happen or not?

04:10You know, Richarlison's a bit of an interesting one,

04:12the way he left the club, and every time he's played there for Spurs,

04:16he's had a bit of an ovation or a mixed reception from the fans.

04:20What do you think would, you know, whether that would come to fruition or not,

04:24and the situation that it would be regarding Richarlison?

04:29I think Everton fans are well-educated enough to think

04:34it might be a deal that wouldn't be worthwhile

04:38just for the fact that Richarlison had injury issues.

04:42Everton needs a striker who they're going to be able to rely on.

04:46You can play week in, week out.

04:47I mean, when he was at Everton, he was so robust.

04:50There's arguably a case that he put his body on the line for Everton

04:53to stay up in that 21-22 season he was playing with an injury.

04:58Maybe that hampered him going forward,

05:00because, you know, he was limping that to games,

05:03and he put himself on the line week in, week out during that battle.

05:08And that's why he is absolutely mined by supporters.

05:11That's why he gets the reception.

05:13He does.

05:15When he moved to Tottenham, Everton needed a sale,

05:18and there weren't too many begrudged him with that move,

05:21because I think he was playing Champions League football

05:24under Antonio Conte that season.

05:26But it just hasn't worked out for him at Tottenham.

05:29He's had injury issues persistently,

05:32and Everton don't need to be spending,

05:35I don't know how much Spare's going to want to be couponing.

05:37You would think if they paid $60 million for him,

05:43three years later they're going to be wanting, what,

05:45maybe half of that, maybe a little bit less.

05:49And I don't think Everton are in a position to gamble on sentiments.

05:54Now, if you could guarantee he'd be fit all the time,

05:57I think it would be an absolute no-brainer.

06:00But unfortunately, it's not worth the gamble,

06:05and David Moyes will know that.

06:07He'd give you versatility, he'd give you fight,

06:09but you can't be bringing in a player

06:15who's got injury issues when you've already had one of them

06:18in Dominic Caldwell,

06:19who's missed a large chunk of the season this season as well.

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