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Everton are weighing up a deal for free agent Ron Vlaar.

The Holland international is searching for a new club after leaving Aston Villa in the summer.

Vlaar, who has recovered from a knee operation after tearing his medial meniscus, turned down a new deal with Villa after spending three seasons at the club, where he was captain.

The 30-year-old defender wants to stay in the Premier League and is understood to also have been offered deals in Italy, Germany and Turkey.

AC Milan and Inter Milan are among the clubs who are keen to sign the former Feyenoord man but he has discounted a move to Turkey.

Everton are now mulling over whether to bolster their defensive options with the experienced centre-half, who played at the World Cup in 2014.

If Everton sign Vlaar then he would not be seen as a future replacement for John Stones, should the England centre-half leave Goodison, but as further competition for places at the back.

The Blues have Phil Jagielka and Ramiro Funes Mori alongside Stones as senior central defenders.

Brendan Galloway and Tyias Browning, 19 and 21 respectively, are seen as future Everton centre-halves.