With Everton on the cusp of signing Lille midfielder Amadou Onana and progressing well with plans to bring back Idrissa Gueye, there has been head scratching going on among some Blues fans.
A reported fee of around £33.5m for 20-year-old Belgian international Onana and any deal for a Gueye return, with French media claiming a fee of around £8.5m from Paris Saint-Germain, would add to the near £20m spent on bringing Burnley winger Dwight McNeil to Goodison Park last month.
It's more than a month since Everton had to bid a reluctant farewell to the talismanic Brazilian Richarlison, but a £60m fee from Tottenham Hotspur and a deal closed just before the end of the club's 2021/22 financial year was one that provided them with little room for manoeuvre.
