Everton are reportedly now eyeing up a move to sign Joe Worrall from Nottingham Forest.
The Lowdown: Standout season
Worrall is having a standout season at Forest, where he has been a mainstay in the team that are pushing for a play-off place in the Championship.
It is not just in the league that he has impressed either, recently putting in a 'magnificent' Man of the Match performance in the FA Cup against Liverpool, as he won three-quarters of his duels and made a team-high four clearances and five interceptions, while also contributing four tackles and five accurate long balls (SofaScore).
The Latest: Everton lurking
As per The Daily Mirror, the Goodison Park faithful have now joined the race to try and sign Worrall along with West Ham United, from whom former Toffees manager David Moyes is a 'long-term admirer'.
Brentford and Burnley also thought to be interested in his signature.
Forest may struggle to hold onto the six-foot-four colossus if they fail to gain promotion, and if the Merseyside club were to survive, then he is certainly a player that they will be looking at.
The Verdict: Sign
Given how poor the Blues have been this campaign, especially defensively, Worrall is a player that would certainly strengthen their XI.
The Englishman is currently averaging more interceptions per game than Ben Godfrey, Mason Holgate and Yerry Mina in their respective domestic leagues this term, with Michael Keane the only EFC centre-back able to match him, while no Everton centre-half is matching him in terms of passes and long balls per match (WhoScored).
It shows that Worrall can do both sides of the game very well; he is comfortable in playing out from the back, while he also possesses a no-nonsense attitude to defending.
Nonetheless, the Toffees could do no wrong by signing the 25-year-old.