At a deal negotiated with Watford, Everton moves on the transfer market for Abdoulaye Doucoure, valued at £ 25 m.
In last season’s otherwise miserable Hornets campaign, Doucoure was one of the few bright spots as the club was dropped on the final day of the season into the second tier.
A boardroom hodge-podge that saw managers come and go at an unusual speed did not help the cause of the club, and now a number of their main stars, like Doucoure, are on the trail to quit according to the Telegraph.
The Frenchman has been linked to a move away from Vicarage Road for the past two seasons, but with the 27-year-old scheduled to head north to seek medical tests in the next 48 hours, the relentless speculation is finally on course to be silenced.
