Everton transfer news – Boulaye Dia update, Jordan Pickford £45m bid, Jarrad Branthwaite interest

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Former Everton captain Kevin Campbell agrees that Jean-Philippe Gbamin should leave the club.

The player’s agent has confirmed that the £25million flop wants to end his Goodison Park nightmare.

“Yeah I think it makes sense, he’s had a torrid time at Everton,” the Sky Sports pundit said, speaking exclusively to Goodison News.

“He’s gone away and he’s played some games, which is great for him. He just wants to rebuild his career doesn’t he? So yeah I think that makes sense.”

Chelsea are on the verge of signing reported Everton target Nicolas Jackson, acording to The Guardian.

The piece claims personal terms have been agreed for the Senegalese international ahead of a Stamford bridge move.

Jackson – valued at £30million – was set to join Bournemouth in January but a failed medical scuppered the deal.

Former Everton defender Marco Materazzi has revealed how he once asked Mourinho to play against Mario Balotelli in training, a week after a victory over Barcelona, such was his frustration with the forward, so he could give him a ‘good beating’.

The 2006 World Cup winner also shared how Inter team-mates ‘wanted to kill him’ after the forward had declared he was going to play badly against the La Liga giants, and then put in a poor performance after emerging from the bench.

“I gave him a good beating, it’s true”, Materazzi explained on his Instagram, quoted by the Daily Mail. “I love Mario, but he really deserved it that day.

“We’ve become friends again now, practically brothers, but he did something that day that he really should not have done. Throwing his shirt to the ground after the final whistle wasn’t even the worst of it.

“Before the game, on the team bus, he told us: ‘Today I’m going to play badly,’ so I promised to make him pay if he did. When he came off the bench, he tried a shot from midfield rather than going on the counter. Diego Milito wanted to kill him.”

Football Fancast claim Everton are under no pressure to cash in on Amadou Onana this summer.

Despite playing for a relegation-threatened side last season, just one year is all it has taken for the midfielder to be linked with Europea heavyweights.

Reporter Dean Jones said: “If they are under pressure to sell him, it won’t come from him. I think that that’s quite important to point out; he’s not going to look to drive anything here, even though he’s been one of their best players no doubt.”

James Tarkowski has issued a stark warning to his team-mates ahead of next season after Everton narrowly avoided a first relegation in 72 years.

Tarkowski told evertonfc.com: “There’s a lot of work to be done. We need to do a lot of work in the training ground and a lot in pre-season, too.

“We had games last season where I felt like we played well, but not won or got a result. So we need to score more goals – that’s for sure.

“It’s a big pre-season for us because we can’t be in a position again when we’re at the wrong end of the table.”

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After the shock news yesterday that Martin Tyler would be leaving Sky Sports as the lead commentator, it has been confirmed that Peter Drury will be taking over as the new lead man.

Reports suggest that Everton are planning to make a £20 million move for Iliman Ndiaye in the summer transfer window but face hurdles, including growing interest from former club Marseille and Ndiaye’s reluctance to join them in January.

Sean Dyche’s search for a striker continues as they target a move for Salernitana forward Boulaye Dia in a deal worth around £10 million.

Dia netted 16 goals in 33 games to keep his side in Serie A and is attracting interest the Premier League with Everton, West Ham and Burnley are all known to be interested, setting up an exciting summer for the 26-year-old, according to Football Italia.

Alex Iwobi has one year remaining on his Everton contract and has set his sights on playing in the Champions League again.

“I won’t go to Saudi Arabia,” the former Arsenal man is quoted as telling Nigerian sports channel Brila FM. “I feel like I have a lot to prove with my football, and I would like to play in the Champions League. It has always been my dream; I have played in it before, and I want to have a taste of it again.

“I have been told to focus on my football so whatever is happening behind closed doors, I’ll leave it to my agent. I don’t know what is going on, I am here to do a job for my national team, and I am here to focus on football.”

Manchester United are trying to lure Jordan Pickford away from Merseyside this summer as David De Gea looks set to leave Old Trafford.

Pickford recently signed a new deal at Everton, but that hasn’t been enough to put United off as they begin their search for a new stopper.

According to the Daily Star, United could offer Pickford the chance to double his wages if he was to leave Everton this summer.

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Manchester United are readying a £45m bid for Jordan Pickford, according to the Daily Star.

The outlet claims England’s number one is top of Erik ten Hag’s list as he looks for a goalkeeper to rival David de Gea at Old Trafford.

United’s Spanish shot-stopper faces an uncertain future in Manchester after contract talks rumble on. In Ten Hag’s first season, they returned to the Champions League but De Gea often found himself at the front of conversations for the wrong reasons.

Despite winning the Premier League golden glove, he was susceptible to a mistake which often proved to costly.

The Star reports United hope to exploit the Blues current financial situation as they find themselves with the biggest wage bill outside of the top six.

West Ham are reportedly looking to make a move to sign Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite, according to Football Insider.

Their report claims that the Hammers are looking to add a centre-back in the transfer window, which opened this week, with another season of European football on the agenda.

They say that Everton could accept a fee as low as £5m, said to be the asking price, for the defender who impressed on loan at PSV Eindhoven last season.

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