Moyes responds to Everton transfer links with McTominay | OneFootball

Everton have been linked with a move for Scott McTominay over the past week. 

However, manager David Moyes has poured cold water on those rumours. The Scotsman reminded everyone that the £60 million valuation could be beyond Everton’s reach.

He said (via the BBC): “If you’re using £60m and those sort of numbers, I don’t know if we’re quite at that level yet. But it might happen.

“My gut feel would be to say, no, that wouldn’t be where in the market we’d be in.”

McTominay has grown in leaps and bounds in Italy, spearheading Napoli to the Scudetto under Antonio Conte, who labelled him a ‘complete player‘.

However, Everton should be ready for heartbreak if they decide to chase him.

It is unlikely that he would leave Napoli, a club competing for trophies on multiple fronts, to join a side still fighting to break into the top half of the Premier League table.

The Toffees cannot build their plans on hope alone, and the reality is that McTominay might not want a move to the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

They should turn their attention toward a more attainable target, and Rennes’ Djaoui Cisse fits the bill perfectly.

Four goals in eight games for France’s Under-21 side underline his confidence and end-product.

If Everton can’t sign McTominay, Cisse is precisely the kind of profile they should be looking at. He is a realistic target with significant upside.