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Ademola Lookman will get the opportunity he craves at Goodison Park next season - but the future of summer signing Davy Klaassen is more uncertain.

Everton's new Director of Football, Marcel Brands, sent out a message which will delight Blues fans frustrated by the loss of exciting youngster Lookman to a second half of the season loan to Red Bull Leipzig in Germany.

Asked about Lookman's prospects under the new regime, the former PSV Eindhoven chief revealed he tried to sign the England Under-21 international himself.

"I can be clear in that because I know the player very well," he said. "He was on my list at PSV (to sign). He is a very talented young player and I think he has to be moved up next year (to the first team squad)."

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Lookman had impressed in a Europa League dead rubber in Cyprus against Apollon Limassol, scoring twice, and produced an impressive cameo as a substitute in the FA Cup derby at Anfield.

But under previous boss Sam Allardyce he featured in just 30 minutes of Premier League action before deciding to take his future in his own hands and demanding a loan move to the Bundesliga.

He shone in Germany with Red Bull Leipzig keen to make the loan move permanent, but it seems that Everton are keen to give the 20-year-old the exposure he desires next season.

Klaassen's future, however, is less clear.

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The Dutchman appeared as a substitute in Everton's last two matches of the season but didn't start a Premier League game after a 55-minute appearance against Bournemouth in September.

Brands said: "I can only tell you something about him from when he played in Holland. He was a very good player, he was the captain of Ajax, a very clever player, a good goalscorer, but last season there were a lot of players in his position so it was very difficult for him. In the end he didn’t play so much.

"What we will do this week is to take decisions on what player fits in our plans for the next situation.

"We have to be honest to every player, if they have prospects here or if they haven’t. Sometimes that is not an easy thing or a nice thing to say to someone that there is no prospects, but I think you have to be honest to all the players and if a player has no prospects then it is difficult for the coach to work with it.

"So that is why, when you said if a squad of 38 players is too big, I said 'yes' because I think 25, 26 players and then maybe up to 30 with a few young players that every day are eager to train with the first team. I think that is good."