Everton are lining up transfers for Dele Alli and Ruben Loftus-Cheek as they prepare to welcome Frank Lampard as their new manager.
The Chelsea legend looks set to land his second Premier League job nearly a year on from losing his last at the Blues. And there will be no time to ease into the job with hours left in the transfer window and plenty of issues to fix.
Rafa Benitez was sacked earlier this month after defeat to Watford made relegation a very real threat in the Premier League.
Several managers had been linked to the post including Vitor Pereira and Duncan Ferguson, who were both interviewed by the Toffees board.But Lampard has proved to be the successful candidate and was offered the job on Saturday with talks ongoing over his backroom staff.According to the Mirror, Everton are already lining up some big transfers to join alongside the former England midfielder.Tottenham outcast Alli is the top target after he was told by Antonio Conte that he could leave this month.
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