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title: "Everton: Toffees start watching Beto ahead of January"
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author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Everton News"
published: "2022-09-23T11:10:15Z"
modified: "2022-09-23T11:10:15Z"
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# Everton: Toffees start watching Beto ahead of January

**[Everton](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fc-news/) have reportedly started to watch Udinese striker Beto ahead of the January transfer window.**

### The Lowdown: Good start

Beto is enjoying a good start to the season, with four goals scored in his opening seven games in the Serie A, helping Udinese win five in a row in the league ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/beto/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/595809/plus/0?saison=2022&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=)).

His impressive performances may now alert clubs with higher aspirations and deeper pockets, with the January window coming up after the FIFA World Cup ends in Qatar.

### The Latest: Everton interest

As per [Gazzetta dello Sport](https://www.gazzetta.it/) (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/everton-scouting-striker-underway-brilliant-start-season-centre-everything/)), scouts from Goodison Park have started to watch Beto ahead of a potential move in January.

However, both Fiorentina and Napoli have also been looking at the six-foot-three striker after his ‘brilliant start to the season’, with the latter’s president, Aurelio de Laurentiis, ready to pay as much as €30m (£26.3m).

### The Verdict: Depends on Calvert-Lewin

The need for the Merseyside club to sign another striker in January will depend on the fitness of Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

He is [reportedly](https://twitter.com/Adam_Jones94/status/1572901288744198144) in line to return from injury against Southampton after the international break, while new signing Neal Maupay recently grabbed the winner in the 1-0 win at home to West Ham United in the Premier League in his place.

Even though he has impressed this term, potentially spending nearly £30m on Beto would thus be a big gamble, but it could become a requirement if Calvert-Lewin cannot get over his persistent fitness issues.