Everton are not looking to sign free agents despite failing to land Folarin Balogun on deadline day, per The Telegraph.
The Toffees endured a chaotic end to the summer transfer window.
Balogun looked poised to join Everton after they agreed a deal worth £40 million with Monaco.
The transfer was thrown into doubt after the Merseyside club found issues in his medical.
Everton negotiated a lower fee for Balogun, but he walked away from the deal.
The 25-year-old was reportedly unhappy with how the Premier League club treated him.
Failure to sign Balogun means Everton are left with only one recognised striker in Thierno Barry. They have already sold Beto to Italian club Fiorentina.
Despite their need for reinforcements, the Blues are not prepared to take the emergency step of exploring the free-agent market.
Everton are also short of options at full-back. They lost both Seamus Coleman and Nathan Patterson but signed only Ainsley Maitland-Niles from Lyon.
Jack Grealish’s return on loan is a positive, but their squad has been weakened by several key exits.
Iliman Ndiaye left to join Manchester City for £60m. Tim Iroegbunam and Nathan Patterson completed moves to Hull City and Torino respectively.
Manager David Moyes has performed an impressive job since returning to Everton last year.
He led them to Premier League safety after arriving in January and secured a 13th-place league finish last term.
Moyes deserved to be backed in the transfer market, but it appears the club’s hierarchy have no intention of doing that.
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