Kenny Tete could add a new dimension to the Everton starting XI should the club get a deal for the right-back over the line. The Blues have muddled through on the right of the defence over recent seasons, patching up that area with centre-backs and midfielders through the injury struggles of specialists Seamus Coleman and Nathan Patterson.

Everton are close to securing a deal to sign Fulham's Dutch right-back Kenny Tete on a free transfer.Manager David Moyes has made the position one of his summer priorities after 39-year-old Ashley Young was not offered a new contract,