Jonjoe Kenny, Fabian Delph and Cenk Tosun likely to leave Everton in January
Jonjoe Kenny, Fabian Delph and Cenk Tosun could all leave Everton in the January transfer window, according to Liverpool Echo.
Rafa Benitez is expected to try and offload some fringe players in a bid to raise transfer funds and trim the Toffees wage bill, and the trio are considered surplus to requirements.
Delph, 32, was transfer-listed in the summer, but he insisted he wanted to stay and fight for his place.
Sadly, injuries have not helped the midfielder’s cause, and with just six months left on his contract, Everton are open to a winter sale.
Not surprising
The former Manchester City man managed to impress Benitez with his attitude in training, but a dislocated shoulder ruled him out of action for a while.
Delph did feature when the Blues midfield was down to its bare bones due to injuries, but Benitez has plans to sign another central midfielder next month, and that would see the veteran almost completely fall out of the first-team picture.
Everton have been linked with Rangers right-back Nathan Patterson, and should they finally land the Scotland international after two failed attempts in the summer, Kenny will be expected to leave Goodison Park.
He has managed to play against Aston Villa and Chelsea this term, but Benitez is still not a huge fan from the look of things.
The Toffees could not move him on in the summer and will be hoping to finally do so next month instead of losing him for nothing at the end of the season.
Tosun is also out of contract in June, and has been linked with a return to Turkey even before finally returning to full fitness after months of recovery.
He has only managed to get six minutes of football in 2021-22, with the under-23 strikers preferred ahead of him, and it is safe to say he might have played his last for Everton after being omitted from the matchday squads for the games against Crystal Palace and Chelsea.
In other Everton news, the Toffees are plotting January loan-to-buy bid for centre-mid hailed by Jack Grealish last month.
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