Report: Everton’s Leighton Baines bemused by MLS speculation

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Everton defender Leighton Baines is reportedly wanted by clubs in Major League Soccer in the summer transfer window.

Everton defender Leighton Baines is bemused by speculation linking him with a move to Major League Soccer, according to The Times.

According to The Sunday Mirror (print edition, page 65, June 24, 2018), Chicago Fire and Philadelphia Union are interested in signing Baines from Everton in the summer transfer window (click here to read more).

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The Times has claimed that Baines has been linked with Portland Timbers, but the report has stated that the England international left-back is bemused by speculation over his future.

The report has also stated that the 33-year-old left-back has return to training before pre-season officially begins so that he can be in the best possible condition for the 2018-19 Premier League campaign with Everton.

Everton stay?

Baines is a very good left-back, and although he is 33 years of age, he can still carry on playing for Everton for a couple of more years at least.

It is hard to see the former Wigan Athletic left-back, who earns £70,000 per week as salary according to Spotrac.com, leave Everton for a club in the MLS this summer.