The agent of Barcelona ace Aleix Vidal has been talking to clubs in Manchester and Liverpool but is a move to Goodison Park on the cards.
The £142 million Barcelona invested in Philippe Coutinho has left the Camp Nou coffers looking a little bare.
As such, the La Liga leaders will look to cash in on a number of their fringe players before the end of the month. And it just so happens that a number of them have been linked with Everton.
Calciomercato tipped the Toffees to make a move for Rafinha before the Brazilian midfielder edged nearer to a deal with Inter Milan. Meanwhile, The Mail stated that Everton were interested in seldom-seen striker Paco Alcacer and highly-rated youngster Jose Arnaiz.
So it would not exactly be a revelation to discover that Sam Allardyce’s side are in the race for Aleix Vidal.
And Everton appear the most likely destination for a player who has featured mainly at right-back since being converted into a more defensively minded player during a stellar spell with Sevilla, prior to his £13m million move to Catalonia, as reported by the BBC.
Liverpool have two talented youngsters in Joe Gomez and Trent Alexander-Arnold while Nathanial Clyne is still to return from injury. And it is difficult to see Vidal forcing his way into the starting XIs of either Manchester giant.
Everton, however, may see Vidal as a potential replacement for the injury stricken Seamus Coleman, and an upgrade on young Jonjoe Kenny, who still has his doubters and endured a nightmare outing in Everton’s 4-0 defeat at Tottenham on Saturday.
Vidal, like Coleman, is an attack-minded and swashbuckling right-back who loves getting to the byline.
But are the Toffees leading the chase for the Spaniard this month? Only time will tell.
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