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Everton: 3 players Everton should sign in January to challenge for European football

By Callum Brannan

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 21: Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti (R) looks on next to director of football Marcel Brands during the Premier League match between Everton FC and Arsenal FC at Goodison Park on December 21, 2019 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 21: Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti (R) looks on next to director of football Marcel Brands during the Premier League match between Everton FC and Arsenal FC at Goodison Park on December 21, 2019 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images) /
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Here are three players Everton must target in the January transfer window.

Everton have gained a lot of pulling power ever since the acquisition of Carlo Ancelotti as a Christmas present for Toffees fans. We’ve seen players like Allan and world-class playmaker James Rodriguez join the club due to believing in Ancelotti’s project. This should make fans hopeful for future transfer windows because Ancelotti has the ability to bring in high-quality players using just his name value.

These players aren’t all guaranteed to join Everton, these are just names that I think will help the club massively in their push for the top 6. The Toffees aren’t exactly known for business in January due to Director of Football Marcel Brands’ belief that signing too many players in January can disrupt team chemistry, so don’t expect many signings.

Will there be a fire-sale at Goodison Park?

One thing that people believe may happen is that Ancelotti will cut the deadwood in the Everton squad, players like Gylfi Sigurdsson and Bernard have been rumoured to hit the chopping block in January, but do I think that’s likely?

To be completely honest I don’t think there will be many if any, sales in January if Brands believes signing a lot of players disrupts team chemistry then I can’t imagine he’ll want 3 or 4 players leaving the club unless it’s some of the youngsters gaining valuable first-team experience out on loan.

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I do think we could see Sigurdsson leaving the club, the Icelandic playmaker isn’t Ancelotti’s first choice in any of the positions Gylfi can play, and with him taking home 100k a week to sit on the bench. I can imagine Ancelotti could think of ways to get more use out of his wages, which could see Sigurdsson depart from Goodison Park in January.

Here are the three players I believe we should sign in the January transfer window. Isco hasn’t been included simply because a lot of analysis has already been done on him by my colleagues on the site.

At the end of each player I’ll also be giving a rating out of 10 for two categories:

  • The Possibility of Everton Signing the Player

  • How Much Do I Want the Transfer to Happen?

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