Everton have entered into talks to sign Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall with Chelsea willing to sell the midfielder permanently a year after signing him for £30million.
It comes after manager David Moyes urged the Merseyside club to get a hurry on with securing him signings for the next season.
Dewsbury-Hall made only two Premier League starts for Chelsea last term as they finished fourth, but was much more relied upon in their victorious run in the Conference League.
The 26-year-old Englishman was also useful internally to manager Enzo Maresca in getting his initial ideas across, having played under him at Leicester City previously.