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Everton fans are getting excited about this one.

Stories linking the Blues with Juan Mata aren't new, but the strength of the most recent links certainly is.

French journalist Floura Mussy got Evertonians in a frenzy on Sunday when she tweeted that the Spain midfielder was heading to Goodison in a £25m deal.

She then got tongues wagging further by claiming that Zlatan Ibrahimovic getting Mata's number eight shirt at Old Trafford further underlined that the midfielder was Merseyside bound.

The Manchester Evening News later ran a piece on the odds of Mata joining the Blues being slashed.

Coral have the Toffees as 4/9 favourites for his signature this summer, while Tottenham are 8/1. Arsenal, Sevilla and Dortmund are 14/1 to sign him.

Earlier today we explained why the Everton rumour mill has gone into over-drive this weekend.

And it shows no sign of stopping.

The Daily Telegraph's chief football writer Sam Wallace also says Koeman wants to resume the relationship with Mata which they first established while the Blues boss was in charge at Valenca.

Mata was part of the Valencia side that Koeman steered to a Copa del Rey triumph in 2008.

Wallace also reckons Koeman is keen on another reunion, this time with Graziano Pelle who is fresh from Italy's Euro 2016 exit.

Wallace claims that Chelsea are also interested in the 30-year-old, who is unlikely to be offered a new contract by Southampton with just a year left on his current deal.

Simon Jones in the Mail Online says Everton want Chelsea stand-in goalkeeper Asmir Begovic.

And the Express says AC Milan want Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic, after the Blues interest in the Croatian cooled.

But the Independent's Samuel Lovell says Everton are very interested in another midfielder, Zenit's Axel Witsel and may have to fight it out with rivals Liverpool for his signature.