Everton can target one of these free agents to improve squad depth and quality.
Everton has absolutely smashed the transfer window signing Allan, James Rodriguez, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Niels Nkounkou. However, some work still remains to be done. Everton currently has an oversized squad of 31 players. Carlo Ancelotti doesn’t count on every player in that 31 and has made it clear that there will be exits.
Let’s make it clear, Everton will have to offload some players before they can make room for more arrivals. Toffees are still capable of spending a good chunk of money to make more transfers, thanks to the shrewd business by Marcel Brands. However, free transfers won’t be the worst thing in the world, right?
Here is a 3-man shortlist of the free agents that Everton can target. Obviously, 3 free transfers in one window don’t make sense, so the entire point of the article is that these are the free agents Everton could evaluate and if even one of them is signed, it’ll be a smart addition.
The shortlist consists of players which occupy the positions that Everton has been searching for in the market. If Everton does take notice of the free agent market, there are quite a few proven players available for absolutely nothing. Here are the 3 free agents Everton must target: