da bet7： The 2018/2019 season may have drawn to a close, but the summer transfer window is well and truly underway as clubs around the world size up who they would like to sell and who they would like to buy.
da fezbet： Even Premier League teams who enjoyed a mostly-successful 2018/2019 season like Marco Silva’s Everton are completing that task as we speak. And after achieving one of their aims of finishing in the top-half by clinching eighth-place, there are still at least 15 players the Toffees should be targeting this summer to close the gap on the top six.
Find out who they are as we take you through them…
Thiago Mendes
While it will heavily depend on the immediate futures of Idrissa Gana Gueye and FC Barcelona loanee Andre Gomes, Everton could be left with just one outright central defensive or holding midfielder for next season: perennial fringe star Morgan Schneiderlin.
That is why recruitment just in front of the defence is needed at Goodison Park this summer and LOSC Lille’s Thiago Mendes would be a great acquisition to start with. The 27-year-old Brazilian’s consistency in Ligue 1 this season has seen him attract attention from some of Europe’s top clubs.
Connor Roberts
Connor Roberts is a 23-year-old Welsh international right-back who plies his trade for Swansea City in the Sky Bet Championship, dazzling this campaign to spark up speculation of a move to a higher level.
With just an ageing Seamus Coleman and young Jonjoe Kenny, the Toffees are rather light on their feet at present in the right-back area. Soon enough, the former is going to have to step aside and Roberts would be the perfect starlet to challenge the latter to be Silva’s first-choice thereafter.
Abdoulaye Doucoure
It was something of a breakthrough campaign in the Premier League for Watford’s Abdoulaye Doucoure and suddenly he’s become a top-six target this summer, but the Blues must ensure he only steps up one place, to them.
As mentioned before, not many on Merseyside could confidently tell you which central midfielders are still going to be at the club by the start of next term. And Doucoure can do anything in that area with great quality, from central defensive midfield to central attacking midfield – just look at his statistics.
Diego Llorente
Silva has some key decisions to make in the next couple of weeks in central defence and depending on their outcomes, could be left with just two senior centre-backs with Phil Jagielka set to be released and Kurt Zouma’s return to Chelsea almost set in stone.
The Goodison outfit undoubtedly need to recruit in the centre-half position then, and Diego Llorente would complement Michael Keane and Yerry Mina very nicely. The Spain and former Real Madrid man is without doubt too good for Real Sociedad and it’s time he tries his hand in the best league in the world.
Andre Gomes
The next star in our list of 15 men that Everton should be targeting is an individual that is technically still a member of Silva’s squad until the end of June, Andre Gomes.
The former Portugal international regular endeared himself to the Blue half of Merseyside while spending the 2018/2019 season on loan from Spanish giants Barcelona. He would help to fill that impending central-midfield void, though the Toffees may need to act fast to secure his permanent signature with sides like West Ham United lurking with serious intent.
Angelo Ogbonna
Speaking of the Hammers, their former Italy centre-back Angelo Ogbonna is finding himself increasingly shut out at London Stadium – mainly because of the signings of and developing partnership between Fabian Balbuena and Issa Diop.
The Royal Blues should be offering the 31-year-old a way out and a fresh challenge in the next couple of months, as they could really do with a more senior figure in central defence to provide cover and wisdom to the likes of Mina and Llorente, if he’s also signed.
Che Adams
Comparisons have been drawn between Che Adams of Birmingham City and the great Brazilian Ronaldo, and it’s not hard to see why when you discover he bagged 22 goals and five assists this term in not the best team St. Andrew’s has ever seen.
If not to edge in front of them in the pecking order, the former Ilkeston man would provide strong motivational competition for Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Cenk Tosun, and the Toffees require a goal machine up front. It’s difficult to see Adams not being snapped up by a Premier League outfit in the summer, and Silva will want to make sure it’s his side who come out on top.
Jay Dasilva
Everton need not only to reinforce their ranks at right-back, but they should be looking to do likewise on the other side of the defence as well, even if veteran wonder Leighton Baines signs a one-year extension.
Bristol City loan starlet Jay Dasilva would certainly be able to give French international Lucas Digne a run for his money, and the Chelsea product must be sick of going out on loan at the age of 21. The only issue in bringing him to Merseyside is Maurizio Sarri’s men’s expected reluctance to sell under their two-window transfer ban.
Allan Saint-Maximin
Allan Saint-Maximin is already one of the most heavily-linked names to a transfer to the Premier League with the window hardly a couple of weeks old, but there’s good reason for it.
The 22-year-old shone brightly in one of Europe’s top five leagues this season, enough to trigger discussions of a first senior call-up to a star-studded France squad. A deal for the right winger would balance out Silva’s flanks rather nicely, and give him a new dimension going forward.
Danny Welbeck
A little further forward in the striking department, the Blues must add a new centre-forward to their ranks in one way or another as they are incredibly threadbare in terms of prolific goal-getters.
An easy way to do this would be to capture a forward of eye-catching domestic, European and international pedigree, who is still two years away from his 30s. Going for Danny Welbeck is a no-brainer, and the possible alliance he could form with former Arsenal teammate Theo Walcott is just one of the reasons why.