Myles Lewis-Skelly may well become an Everton player this summer.
The Arsenal No.49 is understood to be admired by those on the recruitment team at the Hill Dickinson Stadium amid issues in the left-back department under David Moyes.
Now, a comment from the Glaswegian on Vitalii Mykolenko, frequent snubs from Mikel Arteta towards Lewis-Skelly and fitness issues for Jarrad Branthwaite make us believe a move to Everton could well be on for the England international.
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Firstly, Moyes failed to confirm that Everton will keep Mykolenko when the Ukraine international sees his contract expire at the end of the season, saying: “I’ve actually not put myself on to thinking about the people who are within the building. I’m actually beginning to start thinking about what we’re going to get from outside the building at the moment, what we might need to do.
“The truth is I’ve not got my head on it yet.”
Those comments suggest the 62-year-old is considering a replacement for Mykolenko, or else he would have surely been a bit more supportive of keeping the Ukrainian around.
Moyes already seemed to be contemplating life after Mykolenko anyway having fielded Branthwaite at left-back frequently in recent weeks, although the Everton No.32 is now experiencing some fitness issues due to the increased physical demands required to play at full-back rather than as a central defender.
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Given how valuable the England international is to Everton, we expect that experiment to now end.
Away from Everton, Lewis-Skelly is being consistently overlooked by Arteta, spending the last six Premier League matches sitting on the bench, also doing so in the 1-1 draw against Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.
Reports are now emerging which suggest the Arsenal academy graduate – valued at £72.9m by the CIES Football Observatory – has told Arteta of his frustration at his current role, having fallen behind Piero Hincapie and Riccardo Calafiori in the pecking order.
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With all of the above taken into consideration, a move to Everton for the 19-year-old this summer would not come as a surprise whatsoever as he aims to get his hugely promising career back on track.
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