Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has quashed rumours linking Everton to one-time top target Max Aarons of Norwich City.
According to previous reports in The Times, the Canaries were prepared to cash in on their 21-year-old starlet following their promotion back to the Premier League but were sticking rigidly to their £30 million price tag.
That figure was deemed to be too hefty for the preferences of Everton transfer chiefs, cooling links with the right-back.
Previous links have indicated that Carlo Ancelotti’s side will look to prioritise a right-back in the transfer market this summer as Everton look to improve on their 10th-place finish in the upcoming campaign.
That led Everton to identify Aarons as the ideal long-term successor to club servant Seamus Coleman, but transfer guru Romano has confirmed the cooling of Everton’s interest in the Norwich man.
When quizzed by Twitter user @everydaydude as to whether Aarons will find himself at Goodison Park next season, the expert simply replied ‘no chance’.
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Everton fans will need to trust that they could find better value for money in other markets.
Nothing should be taken away from Aarons’ ability himself; he has proven Premier League experience playing alongside current Toffee Ben Godfrey and looked to be Barcelona-bound last summer.
Although the Catalan club eventually settled on then-Ajax right-back Sergino Dest, Aarons was a serious option under consideration at the Nou Camp.
In the Premier League, Aarons helped to keep 5 clean sheets and managed 37 passes per match on average, making not a single error that led to a goal.
With 36 appearances in his lone Premier League campaign, he remained a fit and reliable option for the Canaries.
Amid other links to Zeki Celik of Ligue 1 champions Lille however, Everton will be keeping their options open this summer and should move on from Aarons.
