Edoardo Bove, Iliman Ndiaye - Everton's next transfer after Tim Iroegbunam and Jack Harrison sign

Joe Thomas - could this be the answer at right back?

So, my first answer to this is Iliman Ndiaye - the interest has been there for a long time and he is a player who could really offer a new attacking threat to the squad. Everton have forwards but he could play as a support striker behind Dominic Calvert-Lewin, potentially allowing Abdoulaye Doucoure to drop a bit deeper and perhaps giving Youssef Chermiti the chance to build on his impressive cameos last season with a development loan. While not the same player, he could be a lot of what we hoped Arnaut Danjuma would be.

I know Paul has gone for Ndiaye below, so I am going for a different approach. Working on the basis free transfers and loan deals will still be the most likely, I would consider taking a look at Ben Johnson. I am worried about the right back position. It was an area of real concern and turbulence last season. It is great that Seamus Coleman has signed a new deal and he will be important on and off the pitch. But he has struggled with injuries over recent years, as has younger option Nathan Patterson, who has now finished all three seasons in which he has been a Blue on the treatment table. Ben Godfrey played there in the second half of the campaign, but he is not a right back. Johnson is out of contract at West Ham United and offers the opportunity for Everton to snap up a specialist right back with lots of Premier League experience who, at 24, could provide a free solution to a problematic area for a long time, or at least offer long term competition to Patterson should his body finally allow him the chance to make a proper challenge to cement his position. For me, Johnson is low-risk move with a potentially high ceiling in a position Everton need to address.

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Matt Jones - Creativity clearly lacking despite positive start to summer

There was a lot of apprehension going into this summer transfer window from Evertonians, but the early signs have been cautiously positive.

A ridiculous £35 million bid for Jarrad Branthwaite was treated with the disdain it deserved, while the club appear to be close to bringing in two players. Jack Harrison, on loan from Leeds United, is one we know all about, while Tim Iroegbunam from Aston Villa represents an intriguing prospect in midfield.

It's clear work still needs to be done for the Blues though, as a number of departures at the end of the season left the squad looking a little light. And while Everton have stood firm on Branthwaite for now, it would not be a shock to see a sizeable offer lodged for him, Amadou Onana or Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the coming weeks.

So what's next?

As things stand, the squad still lacks creativity - an attribute which will be diminished further by the departure of Lewis Dobbin.

In Harrison and Dwight McNeil the Blues have dependable and dogged wingers that suit the way Sean Dyche wants to play. The Everton boss will require and X-factor from the bench though, not to mention cover should one of the aforementioned pair gets injured.

In central positions too, there is a distinct lack of guile. Additionally, if Everton were to lose Abdoulaye Doucoure to injury again, there's no natural split striker in the group.

It makes links to Edoardo Bove interesting, as the Roma man is a box-to-box midfielder who can chip in with goals and assists in the final third. At a reported £18 million, he could be out of Everton's price range, but should the club continue to trade sensibly then the 22-year-old's mesh of talent and tenacity would seem an ideal fit for Dyche.

Paul Wheelock - Of all the names linked with the Blues this week, one stands out

Well. This IS unexpected.

You always got the impression that Jack Harrison would return for a second loan spell from Leeds United - especially when it became clear that the clause that allowed him to join Everton in the first place still existed. But the flurry of transfer reports that have emerged after the window opened on Friday have come as a surprise.

Tim Iroegbunam's seemingly imminent move from Aston Villa came out of the blue - as did the transfer that could well take Lewis Dobbin in the opposite direction. Both deals sense.

Sean Dyche needs extra bodies in the centre of the park after the departure of Andre Gomes and while Evertonians would be loathe to lose another young player, the stark reality is that Dobbin may well have to be sacrificed - especially if it helps the club avoid a third Profit and Sustainability Rules charge. However, his departure would leave Blues boss Dyche desperately short out wide, with Dwight McNeil and the returning Harrison his only options. So another winger is needed.

But of all the names who have been linked with a switch to Goodison Park, the one that stands out is Iliman Ndiaye. Had Dyche and Kevin Thelwell had their way, the attacker may have been heading to Merseyside last summer. Instead, Ndiaye understandably could not turn down the chance to play for his boyhood club Marseille.

However, not helped by a season in which the former European Cup winners went through managers at a rate of knots, Ndiaye struggled to recapture the same form he showed in his final season at Sheffield United. But that should not put Everton off if they are given encouragement by Marseille to sign Idrissa Gueye's Senegal international team-mate at the second time of asking.

At Bramall Lane Ndiaye was equally as impressive on the ball as he was off it and he would undoubtedly add a level of dynamism to the Blues midfield and forward areas. Capable of playing up front or a little deeper, the 24-year-old would give Dyche the chance of resting or pushing Abdoulaye Doucoure further back into midfield, which for some time now, has just not been an option when the key man has been fit.