Everton could sell five first-team players with mega double transfer blitz now on cards
Everton could now sell up to as many as five first-team players this summer with an exodus on the cards, according to the Daily Mail.
The newspaper has reported in its print edition [11 August, pg. 74], that Allan, Andre Gomes, Michael Keane, Yerry Mina and Jean-Philippe Gbamin could all leave.
Frank Lampard is still targeting a double transfer blitz though, and is desperate for a striker alongside potentially RB Salzburg star Mohamed Camara for his midfield.
Writing in his latest double-page spread with what every Premier League club could do in the next three weeks, Simon Jones shared the news from Goodison Park.
“Frank Lampard hopes to seal a deal for RB Salzburg’s Mohamed Camara and is desperate to add a quality striker,” he wrote.
“Chelsea’s Armando Broja is one option and Rennes’ Serhou Guirassy is another, but a move for Michy Bathsuayi has been dismissed.
“Coventry’s Viktor Gyokeres is also in the frame.”
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After looking as though our finances were in tatters, Farhad Moshiri has spent £20million on Dwight McNeil and over £30million on Amadou Onana.
Of course, those deals will likely include many clauses and smaller upfront fees, but deals for Camara and Gyokeres would likely take fees as well, with both clubs unlikely to accept loans for their best players.
It is hard to no ask questions given the trouble our finances caused last season, but hopefully, we can find ways around it as the likes of Camara would improve the squad massively.
Selling five big names could be the answer to that, but it is very hard to see Mina and Keane leaving now given our dreadful injury luck at the back.
Mina himself, as well as Ben Godfrey both, went off injured against Chelsea, and face spells on the sideline, so another arrival is probably more possible than a sale at the back for Everton.
Lampard will be considering his options in the next three weeks, but one thing for sure is that new faces are certainly needed at Goodison Park.