Everton manager Ronald Koeman, whose side’s excellent season continued as they defeated Burnley to notch an eighth successive Premier League home win Saturday, is setting his sights onward and upward.
Koeman has said he wants to augment the Merseysiders’ team across the departments and pledged that they will be a “stronger” force next season.
The Liverpool Echo reports that he feels a good summer window will see them challenging for the top four next season.
Key targets, it says, will include former Evertonian Wayne Rooney, Swansea midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson and defenders Michael Keane, of Burnley, and Southampton’s Virgil van Dijk. Sunderland goalkeeper Jordan Pickford is another name in the frame.
But there could yet be one significant outgoing, with recent reports suggesting midfielder Ross Barkley is a £35 million target for Manchester United.
Koeman is reportedly ready to sell England international Barkley if he declines to accept a new contract worth £100,000 a week.
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