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Everton transfer speculation today sees Roberto Martinez deny there is any notion of a pre-contract with Aiden McGeady, whilst insisting they are "close" to making their first few moves of the transfer window.

When asked about the pre-contract and medical speculation, said: "I don't think so, unless I've not been told! The situation is that he is still registered with another football club and, as you know, I'll never be disrespectful to another club and speak about a player registered with another club. Aiden fits into that category."

Everton will make a move in January for FC Twente attacker Dusan Tadic according to Dutch newspaper Tubantia.

The talented Serbian has scored 11 goals for club and country and 2 assists and only moved to Twente one year ago from FC Groningen for £6.8m. The player has two and a half years left on his contract and it is believed that a bid of around €12m would secure his signature.

Meanwhile, Everton and Arsenal may struggle to strike a deal with Standard Liege for £8million-rated striker Michy Batshuayi after the Belgian club issued a withering statement regarding the player's agent.

Finally, Ross Barkley is a doubt for the Blues game against Norwich this weekend.

* Please remember, these are internet rumours, gathered in one place for your convenience, not Liverpool Echo stories.

Rumour One

Roberto Martinez denied there is any notion of a pre-contract with Aiden McGeady, whilst insisting they are "close" to making their first few moves of the transfer window.

McGeady has long been linked with swapping Spartak Moscow for the blue half of Merseyside, and that speculation took a fresh turn yesterday .

However, Everton manager Roberto Martinez, who had previously tried signing McGeady when at Wigan Athletic, rejected there was any deal imminent.

When asked about the pre-contract and medical speculation, Martinez said: "I don't think so, unless I've not been told! The situation is that he is still registered with another football club and, as you know, I'll never be disrespectful to another club and speak about a player registered with another club. Aiden fits into that category."

Rumour Two

Everton will make a move in January for FC Twente attacker Dusan Tadic according to Dutch newspaper Tubantia .

The talented Serbian has scored 11 goals for club and country and 2 assists and only moved to Twente one year ago from FC Groningen for £6.8m. The player has two and a half years left on his contract and it is believed that a bid of around €12m would secure his signature.

Everton gaffer Roberto Martinez will have to make moves on a top striker should Nikica Jelavic decide that he needs to move elsewhere to secure first team football in a World Cup year and if this happens then Tadic will make the move to Merseyside.

Tadic scored 13 goals in 17 starts last season in the Eriedivisie and this season has 7 goals in 14 games.

Rumour Three

Everton and Arsenal may struggle to strike a deal with Standard Liege for £8million-rated striker Michy Batshuayi after the Belgian club issued a withering statement regarding the player's agent.

Liege say they intend to take up the issue with FIFA after Christophe Henrotay was quoted earlier this week about Batshuayi, revealing that a number of clubs were keen to sign him.

Borussia Dortmund have also been linked with the 20-year-old Belgium U21 international and Henrotay told Sudpresse: 'There are Premier League clubs that are following him closely, but that's all. The interest from other big leagues is more serious.

'I'm still surprised by the way Standard communicates about Michy. The situation is very simple: if a club triggers his release clause, he can start negotiating with a club. I've the mandate to negotiate a transfer.

'At this moment there are no clubs that offered the full amount to trigger the clause. My player is still happy at Standard. For sure. But there's a lot of interest in him. It's getting hot. When a club decides to trigger his clause, it's up to Michy to decide.'

Rumour Four

Roberto Martinez has revealed Ross Barkley is a doubt for the game with Norwich at Goodison this weekend.

Martinez will also assess defensive trio Leighton Baines, Phil Jagielka and Sylvain Distin ahead of the clash against the Canaries.

Martinez said: “We have got a few doubts but we still have two training sessions before the important game on Saturday.

“We are going to assess Sylvain Distin, Phil Jagielka and Leighton Baines and Ross Barkley who got a knock against Queens Park Rangers. Those four players are the ones that we have got a question mark over.

“Ross had a knock on the toe in his right foot. It’s a bit swollen but we are hoping that he is going to be fine for the weekend.

“Everyone else is fine.”