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Report: Everton interested in £120,000-a-week player, meeting scheduled for Monday

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According to , Everton are interested in signing Chelsea defender Malang Sarr, who is yet to make an appearance for the Blues.

What’s the story?

Well, Chelsea signed the 22-year-old on a last summer.

As often happens with free transfers, the lack of a transfer fee was accounted for with a higher salary, with Sarr earning .

claims a meeting will take place on Monday between Bologna and Sarr’s representatives – Rafa Benitez will surely be keen to hear the outcome of those talks.

What do Everton see in Malang Sarr?

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Despite his lack of action at Chelsea, Sarr is a player with plenty of promise.

As mention, Barcelona were also interested in signing him while he was with OGC Nice.

Sarr plays with plenty of aggression, but is also a fine passer of the ball – liken his technical ability to that of David Luiz.

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You may laugh, as the Brazilian was sometimes a comical centre-back, but his ability on the ball was never in question.

At 22, Sarr is already a competent defender, but one who has plenty of time to improve under Benitez.

As long as Chelsea don’t ask for a huge amount of money, this would be a great signing by the Toffees.