Everton veteran Maarten Stekelenburg could be on his way back to the Eredivisie with AD claiming that he is a summer target for Sparta Rotterdam.
With one of the most historic clubs in the Netherlands making an experienced goalkeeper their top priority ahead of the transfer window, who better than this 37-year-old with 58 international caps on his CV?
Stekelenburg might have found game time hard to come by at Goodison Park but his CV makes for impressive reading.
A two-time Eredivisie winner with Ajax, the former Roma, Monaco and Fulham stopper also started the 2010 World Cup final as the Netherlands lost out to Spain.
And after admitting to VI on Wednesday that he was planning a return to his homeland with his Everton contract due to expire at the end of the season, an offer from Sparta Rotterdam could be too good to turn down.
The Castle Lords finished a respectable 11th in the 2019/20 campaign and are now set for a second successive year in the Dutch top-flight.
Stekelenburg will surely be intrigued by the prospect of regular first-team football in the industrial city of Rotterdam, after making just two appearances in Everton colours since the start of 2017/18.
Jordan Pickford, despite some rather high-profile howlers, has kept him out of the starting XI.
And, with the likes of Ugurcan Cakir and Bartlomiej Dragowski linked with a move to Merseyside recently, there should be even more competition for places at Goodison Park soon.
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