Everton are interested in signing Boris Mathis, very interested if L’Equipe are to be believed.
The French newspaper, in their Saturday edition, say Everton are the ‘most serious’ option for Mathis right now. L’Equipe go as far as saying the Metz player ‘could leave Lorraine very soon and sign a first professional contract with a Premier League club.’
One would assume, that given he turned 19 years of age last August, he would already have a professional contract, but that’s not what L’Equipe suggest.
Therefore, Everton wouldn’t have to pay a conventional transfer fee for the player.
Given he only appeared twice in Ligue 1 last season, and is nearly 20 years of age, he’s 
not exactly at the wonderkid level, and therefore Everton interest is somewhat curious.
Le Republicain Lorraine, a local media outlet, say Mathis has already signed a two year contract with Everton, but they base that on a tweet from their journalist Jean-Séb Gallois, since deleted.
Gallois later sent out another tweet, without the 2 year timeframe, saying Mathis has agreed to join Everton.
