Michael Keane is set to leave Everton on loan during the January transfer window.
The ECHO understands that three of the Blues’ Premier League rivals, West Ham United, Fulham and Leicester City – for whom Keane played 27 matches on loan from Manchester United a decade ago in the 2012/13 season – are among a group of up to eight clubs all monitoring the 29-year-old’s situation at Goodison Park.
Keane joined Everton from Burnley for £25million in the club’s record-breaking summer of spending in 2017 and although he has made 189 appearances for them to date, netting 11 times – including the first goal in the dramatic 3-2 comeback win over Crystal Palace that secured their top flight status in the final home game of last season – the arrival of both James Tarkowski and Conor Coady this summer has severely restricted his first team action in the current campaign.
