Everton’s pre-season is now officially underway following their 1-1 draw with Accrington Stanley on Tuesday night.
David Moyes will have been pleased to finally get some minutes under his players’ belts, despite the result not being what they wanted.
But pre-season is not about the results, and Everton are still awaiting new faces to land on Merseyside for the remaining pre-season games.
With Thierno Barry and Mark Travers signed, Moyes is pushing for more Everton signings to be made.
Everton are prioritising attacking signings this summer having seen the likes of Dominic Calvert-Lewin leave as a free agent.
One player who Everton will be aware of this summer is Richarlison, and it seems there could be movement on his future.
Everton must act as Palmeiras make Richarlison approach
Heading into the summer, Everton were keen to monitor Richarlison’s situation at Tottenham Hotspur.
With Thomas Frank heading in as the new manager, the Brazilian’s future was certainly up in the air.
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And according to Terra, Palmeiras are now ready to launch a huge £55m move for Richarlison this summer.
Considering the injury issues Richarlison has endured, for Spurs to potentially get anywhere near the £60m back they paid for him would be a huge boost.
Richarlison has suggested he wants to stay at Tottenham, but if the Lilywhites are offered £55m for the Brazilian then it is hard to imagine them saying no,
It is a significant amount of money, and something which Everton would not be willing to compete with.
Everton have around £100m to spend this summer, and using more than half of that on one player would not make sense.
It may have been a potential fairytale return for some Everton fans, but this latest development may just confirm he will not be returning to Merseyside.
Everton still need attacking additions
The friendly against Accrington Stanley on Tuesday night only highlighted the need for more signings this summer.
Barry remains on his summer break, which meant there was no real changes to the options Moyes had at hand.
Of course, it is still early in the summer, but the 62-year-old will want to see new signings land before the club jets off for the Summer Series.