Everton have ‘concrete interest’ in three shortlisted midfielders for Sean Dyche this summer

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Everton’s summer has certainly been a turbulent one with their work in the transfer market slightly tarred by what has gone on elsewhere at the club.

Kevin Thelwell has been a busy man this summer and he has done a sterling job in the market so far.

Everton have been able to offload a number of players to help balance their books against June’s PSR deadline.

But that has not stopped the Toffees from providing Sean Dyche with the tools he has needed to improve his squad going into the new season.

And it seems as if Everton may not be done just yet with around a month remaining in this summer’s market.

Three players are now on Everton’s radar with only two weeks until their season opener against Brighton & Hove Albion.

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Everton have three players on their radar for Sean Dyche

The positives in the transfer market have been slightly overshadowed by Everton’s recent takeover collapse.

Talks with The Friedkin Group have now hit the rocks and it appears the deal is now off as Farhad Moshiri will need to find another interested party to open fresh talks with.

To add to that, Everton’s start to pre-season action has been far from ideal with Dyche’s side losing two and drawing one in their opening three friendlies.

However, not all of the new signings have featured in those games and there is still time for Everton to improve their squad.

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According to Harry Watkinson, Everton now have three midfielders on their radar as the position has become a priority for Dyche.

Those three midfielders are:

• Kalvin Phillips
• Habib Diarra
• Lesley Ugochukwu

This comes just weeks after Everton sold Amadou Onana to Aston Villa for a fee in the region of £50m.

The door is open for Everton to sign Kalvin Phillips this summer

How Kalvin Phillips will be rueing his decision to have left his boyhood club to join Manchester City in that £45m deal.

Two years later and Phillips has played a mere 914 minutes of football under Pep Guardiola.

He may have won countless trophies, but his career has really suffered with his spot in the England squad no more.

The midfielder did make the cut for City’s pre-season tour of the United States where Guardiola provided a response on what could be next for Phillips.

“I don’t know what will happen to him, he knows the situation…” said Guardiola.