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Everton are set on signing a new centre-half this summer.

But the Blues are not in the market for Newcastle United's Jamaal Lascelles at this stage.

Everton boss Marco Silva and director of football Marcel Brands are determined to slash the club's wage bill with a series of high profile exits expected.

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Wayne Rooney's move to Major League Soccer with DC United is close to being finalised and other big-earners in the squad also face the axe - Brands admitting there will be some "not nice" conversations in the coming weeks.

Silva and Brands are only looking at adding a handful of new faces to a trimmed squad in time for the start of the new season and a centre-back is understood to be on their wish-list.

Newcastle captain Lascelles has been strongly linked with a switch to Everton this week but it is understood that the Blues currently have no intention of trying to sign him.

But the Blues are looking to strengthen in that department which only makes the futures of Ashley Williams and Ramiro Funes Mori more uncertain.