Everton exploring deal to sign £40m Championship player with ‘unbelievable feet’

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Everton hold an interest in quite a few Leicester City players.

David Moyes is in the market for a left-back as he wants Vitaliy Mykolenko to have competition, so Victor Kristiansen is emerging as a target for Everton.

Moyes is a big admirer of the Denmark international and could make a move in the coming weeks as the new 2024/25 season rapidly approaches.

The Toffees are also eyeing Wilfred Ndidi, who has a release clause worth just £9m following relegation to the Championship.

Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund hold an interest in Ndidi, too, so there is stiff competition to land his signature this summer.

Now, Everton are being linked with another Leicester player.

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Everton exploring deal to sign Leicester playmaker Bilal El Khannouss

Bilal El Khannouss is a man in demand this summer after an impressive individual campaign for the Foxes.

The 21-year-old, who joined in a £21m switch from Genk in 2024, created a whopping 42 chances, according to FotMob.

Evidently, in a better side, that would’ve seen him generate double figures in assists, rather than his three.

El Khannouss’ performances have alerted Moyes, according to talkSPORT, who claim Everton are exploring a deal to sign the Morocco international.

Nottingham Forest, West Ham United, Sunderland and Bayer Leverkusen are also keeping tabs on his situation, too.

El Khannouss has ‘eyes in his back’

Speaking to Sky Sports earlier this year, El Khannouss’ former Genk coach Michel Ribeiro explained that his awareness is one of his best traits.

“I used to tell people that he had eyes in his back, because he sees everything,” chuckles Ribeiro. “When you watch him, you see he is always checking around him and looking over his shoulders.

“That was something I talked about with him when he began starting for the first-team at Genk, that he needed to constantly check his back. They call it ‘scanning’ but, for me, it’s just checking your shoulders to see where the spaces are.”

Ribeiro added that he’s a very progressive player: “He is not afraid to take risks and he almost always plays forward. He finds could spaces between the lines and sees the game very fast.”

That creativity is exactly what Everton are lacking in the final third, bar perhaps Iliman Ndiaye, so El Khannouss’ potential arrival would certainly add a new profile to the midfield ranks.