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Everton’s saviour?
Everton’s saviour? Photograph: Jason Mitchell/REX/Shutterstock
Everton’s saviour? Photograph: Jason Mitchell/REX/Shutterstock

Football transfer rumours: West Ham's Andy Carroll to Everton for £20m?

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Today’s fluff is dusty

Perhaps because he’s a thrill-seeker who gets a buzz out of flirting with the sack, Ronald Koeman will turn to Andy Carroll to transform Everton from a sorry stodgy mess into a high-energy total-footballing pressing machine. Because if one man personifies the words high-energy total-footballing pressing machine more than any other, it’s the 28-year-old hirsute Geordie with Darren Anderton legs. He’ll cost the Goodison club £20m in January if Koeman’s not been replaced by David Unsworth or David Wagner by then. Another Everton employee who may be gone by 2018 is Ademola Lookman. It says here that Tottenham are sniffing around the teenage striker and wouldn’t mind bringing him home to his city of birth as extra cover in case Harry Kane injures himself in the process of scoring his 127th perfect hat-trick.

Reports in Spain suggest Milan are gathering together every last penny they can find in San Siro before tabling a £75m offer for Alexis Sánchez in January, presumably luring him with an offer of an in-house dog walker, short shorts and an Italian take on the Europa League. If the Chilean left, Arsenal would still have Olivier Giroud to rely on now that Everton have the hots for Carroll instead of the Frenchman. It’s likely Sánchez will end up at PSG though. They’re readying a £10m signing-on bonus – and that kind of cash can buy a lot of dog-care.

Jürgen Klopp’s hopes of giving Timo Werner regular bear-hugs at Anfield have been dealt a blow after Liverpool were joined in the queue for the 21-year-old RB Leipzig forward’s signature by Barcelona and Real Madrid. Meanwhile Klopp, who continues to focus on the front of his car while the back end is hanging off, has the hots for Trabzonspor playmaker Yusuf Yazici. But the 20-year-old’s name is also on Ed Woodward’s ‘To Do’ list so he could pitch up at Manchester United.

Geoffrey Kondogbia was one player who may have been able to plug that giant gap between Liverpool’s midfield and defence that Jonjo Shelvey made the most of on Sunday. But the Inter defensive midfielder doesn’t want to take on that mammoth task so will snub Liverpool – and Tottenham – in favour of signing a permanent deal at Valencia, where he is currently on loan.

Inter, meanwhile, hope to swoop in on the Etihad in January and make off with David Silva and Eliaquim Mangala. Let me rewrite that. Internazionale will probably sign Manchester City’s Eliaquim Mangala in January.

Chelsea have been told by Steau Bucharest that they will have to part with a cool £88m to sign the second coming of Gheorghe Hagi, Florinel Coman. Meanwhile, it says here that Antonio Conte wants to head off back to Italy at the end of the season because the Premier League’s too hard and, to be fair, the coffee is much better there.

Carlton Cole would love a move to Crystal Palace but even Roy Hodgson can see sense on that one. And Emmanuel Eboué has agreed a one-year deal with the Cypriot side Turk Ocagı Limasol.

And in the latest managerial fun and games, it says Thomas Tuchel looks set to jump in to Carlo Ancelotti’s warm spot at Bayern Munich while West Ham would happily give Ancelotti Slaven Bilic’s parking space at the London Stadium.

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