The January transfer window is open and it is offering the new owners at Everton to provide their first influence on the club.
Sean Dyche will be hoping for some new recruits to come through the door at Finch Farm as Everton battle it out at the wrong end of the table.
There is clear room for improvement at Goodison Park with a narrow cushion on the bottom three following their defeat last weekend.
Moves are being made in the market after Everton bid for midfielder Marcelino Nunez from Norwich City recently.
But there could be one potentially awkward meeting between The Friedkin Group and one player who they will already be very familiar with.
Everton eyeing January move for Kevin Danso
The Friedkins are eyeing two new recruits in the January window, with a midfielder and forward the two priorities.
However, there is also an understanding that the defence is being looked at as Everton feel they could do with another left-back.
Although not a full-back, it has been suggested by journalist Mohamed Toubache-Ter that Everton are one of the clubs keen on centre-back Kevin Danso.
Wolves have emerged as a club who could offer the former Southampton defender with a move back to the Premier League.
Danso has been playing his football in Ligue 1 with RC Lens since 2021 following a spell in the Bundesliga with Augsburg.
Everton are not going to offload Jake O’Brien this month despite significant interest arriving in him from across Europe.
However, a move for the 26-year-old Austrian could create an awkward meeting between the player and the new Everton owners.
What Danso previously said about The Friedkin Group
Danso’s time in France is seemingly coming to an end with a summer move to AS Roma collapsing at the final hurdle last year.
Having seen his failed medical investigated and the reasoning was rubbished by the Austria national side.
Speaking to L’Equipe in November 2024, Danso publicly criticised those at Roma, including The Friedkin Group, for pulling out of the deal to sign him.
“I’d never had an explanation like that before, having passed all kinds of medical tests in England. I was told that they were much more severe about this type of analysis in Italy, but I knew that I was fine physically,” he said late last year.
“Maybe my transfer fell through for another reason. I had to do numerous tests to discover that I could actually play, the situation had become so complicated.”
It would be very interesting to see how Danso’s potential meeting with the Everton owners would go if a move did come about.
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