After all, Kevin Thelwell sought to downplay expectations, threatening huge sales with minimal incomings that might leave squad looking barren.
Instead, it has never looked so plentiful, with strength in depth largely across the board, and hopefully more to come before the summer concludes.
One such transfer saga that has persisted since even before the window opened involves one star-studded midfielder, and according to this latest report, at last a breakthrough has been made.After all, by all accounts, the Brazilian has no future at Juventus, and therefore could be snagged at a cut price by the Toffees.The latest on this venture comes courtesy of Italian out, who simply write: ‘As for Arthur: [There are] ongoing talks with a couple of English teams (Everton and Leicester) to understand the feasibility of a possible return to the Premier League’.
has been debated for some time as well, but it seems the Turin-based side settled on £12.5m recently.
It is likely just his £103k-a-week wages that provide the largest stumbling block for Everton, who will not want to tie themselves down to such a huge contract with no guarantees of his success.
The 27-year-old did endure an injury-ravaged spell at Merseyside rivals Liverpool, but more recently shone on loan with Fiorentina.
Even if his once-promising career has not panned out as successful as many first imagined, it has been far from underwhelming.
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