Everton are eyeing up some big signings before the Premier League season gets underway, with a loan move for Jack Grealish on their agenda.
The Toffees have already brought in Thierno Barry from Villarreal and goalkeeper Mark Travers from Bournemouth but wish to do plenty more business.
With the likes of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Mason Holgate and Ashley Young all leaving on free transfers, the squad is looking quite thin.
The Independent report that Grealish is on Everton’s shopping list and so they fancy their possibilities of bringing within the Manchester City man on loan.
The £100m man is assumed to wish to stay within the north of England to take care of stability along with his family and Everton think they’ll tempt him to their project under recent ownership and of their recent stadium.
Manchester City should want to sell him on a everlasting deal, though, as he clearly has no future under Pep Guardiola after not being taken to the Club World Cup this summer.
So long as he stand up to full fitness, Grealish could be seen as a key player with the Toffees, which he has not been on the Etihad.
Grealish has also been linked with a return to former club Aston Villa and a switch to hitch Italian champions Napoli.
TalkSPORT report that Everton are also tracking former Arsenal and England utility man Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
The 27-year-old has been with Lyon since 2023, moving to the French club when his contract expired on the Emirates.
He has played recurrently for Lyon over the past two seasons, making 73 appearances in all competitions, but with the club in a deadly financial position, offers will probably be considered.
Maitland-Niles won five caps for England in 2020 under Gareth Southgate and may play at full back and across midfield.
Plenty of players have already left Lyon this summer, including Rayan Cherki to Manchester City, Lucas Perri to Leeds, and each Alexandre Lacazette and Said Benrahma going to Neom.
The Toffees are also in talks over a deal for an additional of Les Gones’ star players, negotiating a move for Malick Fofana.
The 20-year-old Belgium international scored 11 goals in all competitions last season, with Lyon reportedly wanting around £40m for his signature.
The versatile forward can be on the radar of Liverpool as their summer spending spree continues.
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