Everton have still to make official contact with Norwich City over a move for their highly-rated right-back Max Aarons though he is a player of interest.
European champions Bayern Munich are among the frontrunners for Aarons with Barcelona and Manchester United also monitoring developments around the 21-year-old who is under contract until 2024.
Everton are making plans to add a right-back to succeed captain Seamus Coleman with Jonjoe Kenny, currently on loan at Celtic, likely to move on in the summer.
The Goodison Park club have a good relationship with Norwich having signed Ben Godfrey in a £25m deal last October.