Everton should make it clear to Paris Saint-Germain that they are not interested in selling Idrissa Gueye any time soon after it was reported that the French champions are planning a move for the midfielder to replace Adrien Rabiot.
According to Paris United, via the Sun, PSG are considering the upcoming January transfer window as the best time to search for Rabiot's replacement after he verbally agreed to move to Barcelona at the end of the season. The void that would be left by Rabiot means that PSG would have big boots to fill if they were to find a similar midfielder with Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey also on their radar.
But the Toffees can't really afford to lose Gueye, especially not in January, after the promising start that he made under new manager Marco Silva. The Senegal international has possibly been playing his best football yet since signing for the Merseyside club in 2016 from Aston Villa.
Gueye also extended his contract in February this year which is supposed to keep him at Goodison Park until 2022.
PSG, however, are expected to offer big sums of money if they go through with the plan of making Gueye an offer to move to Paris, but that shouldn't tempt the 29-year-old into signing.
Silva should make it clear to Gueye that he is a big part of his plans to get Everton back in the Europa League and will continue to have a vital role to play if the team was to finish on a high at the end of the season.
Everton are currently ninth in the Premier League but have had some good results in recent matches, most notably keeping Maurizio Sarri's Chelsea to 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge last weekend.
Gueye seems to have found the right partner in the midfield in Andre Gomes, who has been a major positive for Silva since making his debut. The combination of Gueye and Gomez behind Bernard, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Theo Walcott also looks to be working as they offer the attackers much more freedom to press forward, while they remain defensive in the midfield.
Breaking this formation would only cause problems for Silva.