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Friday’s Daily Mail claims Everton ‘pole position’ in a two-way match with Tottenham Hotspur by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
Southampton midfielder Hojbjerg has been at St Mary’s for 4 years, his contract expiring in 12 months is about to leave the South Coast team.
Everton is said to be passionate about Danish, formerly Bayern Munich, and, according to the Daily Mail, has the whip handing over to the Spurs after the Hojbjerg club accepted an offer of 25 million pounds last week.
The same newspaper reports from Kieran Dowell to Norwich City.
22-year-old midfielder Dowell ended a 15-year partnership with Everton when he arrived at Carrow Road on Thursday and the Mail picked up appointments from the player’s first interview with his new club.
“There was a bit of interest [from other clubs] towards the end of the season and when Norwich arrived, with the history of the club and what they did with the coach and the players they have here, I think it was a smart selection for me,” Dowell said.
Mundo Deportivo in Spain believes that Everton is “very interested” in Barcelona striker Martin Braithwaite.
The Danish Braithwaite traded his rival La Liga Leganés for Camp Nou in February this year, but according to the newspaper, Barca is “negotiating his transfer” with Everton and West Ham United as destinations for the 29-year-old.
A report published in the Italian regional publication CalcioNapoli24 indicates that Everton has been offered 27 million pounds for the defence of Lille Gabriel Magalhaes, an offer that Napoli’s other suitors cannot match.
The Serie A Napoli is said to be back in the race if they sell Kalidou Koulibaly, there are no imminent prospects of a movement for the highly qualified 29-year-old Senegalese.
Magalhaes, 22, a regular for the Lille team who finished fourth in the aborted crusade of Ligue 1 2019/20 and has been the subject of ongoing hypotheses linking him with Goodison Park.
A in 90min suggests Everton as a midfielder for Brighton and Hove Albion Solly March.
England’s former U-21 foreign march comes in his nine-year tenure in Brighton and has played nearly two hundred games for the club.
It would charge 15 million pounds and would also be on the radar of Newcastle United and Leeds United, he says.
Fabian Delph is a target of Leeds’ former club for the Daily Star.
Midfielder Delph, who made his career with Elland Road before moving to Aston Villa in 2009, joined Everton from Manchester City last summer.
Leeds, recently promoted, “hopes to reach a deal of around five million pounds” to bring the 30-year-old back to his local Yorkshire.
Also in the Star, it is claimed that Carlo Ancelotti has “asked for information” on the plans of Branislav Ivanovic, the former Chelsea defenseman whose contract with Russian Zenit St Petersburg expired this month.
Ten years ago, Serbian Ivanovic was part of the Chelsea team, a two-time Ancelotti winner.
Sheffield Star believes Sheffield United will close a permanent deal for Everton midfielder Muhamed Besic, who spent the 2019/20 season on loan at Bramall Lane.
Besic, who arrived at Everton from Ferencvaros in Hungary six years ago, still has one year left on Goodison’s contract and is said to have attracted Bournemouth’s interest.