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Reports in Spain earlier this month spoke of Everton interest in Juventus’ Arthur Melo, and it wasn’t the first time the link had been made.

Three days ago, a report in Italy also linked the player with a move to the Merseyside club.

It was mentioned that the Toffees are a top candidate to land the Brazilian outcast, who failed to seal an exit from Juventus in the summer and remains out of the club’s project.

He had a decent loan stint at Fiorentina in the 2023/24 campaign and played 48 times, but they didn’t want to finance a permanent transfer.

The midfielder’s agent Federico Pastorello has now spoken to Calciomercato.it about the situation of his client, handing hope and encouragement to Everton and anyone else keen.

He said: “Arthur has a lot of market in Brazil , but his desire is to stay in Europe.”

Pastorello revealed that there are some concrete leads for the 28-year-old and said it’s a ‘mortal sin’ for a player of his ability to not be active right now.

“We have some concrete leads , so we hope to see him on the pitch soon, because it is truly a mortal sin that a player like that is not used.”

Arthur’s torrid time at Liverpool wouldn’t send great signals for a move to Everton, and since the links started it’s felt like it’s his camp potentially trying to encourage the Premier League club.