Joe Hart's future has been left in limbo after Everton withdrew their interest in the out-of-favour Manchester City keeper.

With Pep Guardiola having told Hart he is free to find a new club, Everton had emerged as the most likely destination for him to stay in the Premier League as Ronald Koeman's ambition before the transfer window closed was to sign another goalkeeper.

Everton had held preliminary talks with City about Hart's situation but further discussions on Monday ended with the Goodison Park club taking the decision to put a line through any idea of pursuing a deal before the window.

Joe Hart's search for his next club continues as Everton withdrew their interest in the keeper

The Manchester City stopper has become an outcast under new Etihad chief Pep Guardiola

With Maarten Stekelenburg in good form, Everton couldn't stomach the £7m to take Hart on

It would have cost Everton in the region of £7million to take Hart for a season on loan, when his £135,000 per week wages were taken into account, and that kind of expenditure was not something to which they were prepared to commit.

The other factor that shaped the decision was Maarten Stekelenburg's impressive start to life at Everton and that has left the club believing the Holland international can fulfil the role of No 1 for this campaign, with Joel Robles to be his deputy.

There is no question, though, that Everton's decision to retreat has left Hart in a difficult position, particularly as Sevilla – who were mooted as another potential destination – are pressing ahead with a move for Valencia keeper Diego Alves.

Hart now has only eight days left to find a new club and though he received a fillip of sorts on Monday when Sam Allardyce confirmed he would be selected for the opening World Cup qualifier against Slovakia, England's new head coach admitted he was "concerned" about Hart's situation.

New England boss Sam Allardyce has a big question over whether Hart should remain No 1

'That is the problem for any player you want to select for England, not just in isolation, is that it'll be a concern if that player doesn't play for his team,' said Allardyce.

'You have to have doubts about that, but before I meet up with Joe I don't know where he lies in that process at the moment.

'When we pick the first squad and they meet up here there will be some lads who don't play on a regular basis. In the end, we select the players in the best form, [that] are fit and playing [but] can we get in the England squad ones who play every week? Probably not now.

Everton secured the long-term future of promising defender Jonjoe Kenny on Monday

In terms of picking Joe, he will be in the squad definitely. What do we do? I don't know that until I speak to Joe, and that will be the same with most players until they arrive.'

Everton, who secured the long-term future of promising young defender Jonjoe Kenny as he signed a three-year deal, face Yeovil in the EFL Cup tonight and Koeman will give first starts to new signings Ashley Williams and Yannick Bolaise, as well as Romelu Lukaku.

Koeman wants to make more signings before the window closes but his attempts to bring Lyon forward Rachid Ghazzal to the club are proving difficult; Everton have been talking to the Algeria international for a fortnight but have yet to agree a deal. He has 12 months left on his contract.