- Rafael Benitez failed with £9m bid for right-back in the summer
- Everton close to signing £18m left-back Vitaliy Mykolenko
Everton are expected to renew efforts to sign Nathan Patterson from Rangers in January when Rafael Benítez hopes to strengthen both full-back positions.
The 20-year-old Scotland international was the subject of two bids from Everton in the summer, when Steven Gerrard, Rangers’ manager at the time, labelled their opening £5m offer “a joke”, but his suitors are ready to make a third attempt when the transfer window reopens.