Everton can sign target for just £8m as director opens door to move

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Everton target Rogerio will be allowed to leave Serie A outfit Sassuolo this summer with a move to the Premier League on the cards for the attack-minded left-back. 

That is according to Giovanni Carnevali; Sassuolo’s typically-outspoken CEO.

Rogerio, Carnevali points out in discussion with Gazzetta dello Sport, is out of contract in the summer of 2024. And unless he extends his stay at the Mapei Stadium, Sassuolo will look to cash in now before the former Juventus defender is allowed to leave for absolutely nothing. 

This should be music to Everton ears (Tuttomercatoweb). 

The Toffees need a left-back with Vitaliy Mykolenko currently the only one at Sean Dyche’s disposal. Sassuolo appear willing to accept offers in the region of £7 million too, a move to Spartak Moscow falling through not because of Sassuolo’s demands but because of political reasons. 

Everton could bring in Rogerio from Sassuolo

“His agent carried out the negotiation (with Spartak). There was a very important offer equal to 8 million euros. And, considering everything, we decided not to proceed (for) ethical reasons,” Carnevali explains; talks with Rogerio going the same way as with Tottenham’s Davinson Sanchez. 

“We did not want to deal with the Russians.”

Everton, however, should be a different story. Dyche is the latest Toffees manager hoping to build a squad on a limited budget, and Rogerio’s availability for less than £10 million should place the 25-year-old Brazilian within Everton’s reach.

“(Rejecting Spartak Moscow’s offer does not mean) that Rogerio is no longer on the market,” Carnevali adds. “It was a choice of a different nature.

“If offers from other clubs arrive, we will evaluate them.” 

Everton are also hoping to bring a new striker to Goodison Park, following the long-awaited acquisition of Villarreal loanee Arnaut Danjuma.

The Toffees agreed a £23 million fee with Almeria for El Bilal Toure over the weekend. But, according to i News, there is a belief at Goodison that Toure will opt to replace Rasmus Hojlund at Atalanta instead.