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The winds of change are blowing at Goodison. Possibly off the pitch this summer – and certainly on it.

The fans have made their feelings known – and many want to see a new man in the dug-out.

But while Roberto Martinez is under pressure after a miserable Premier League season, there will definitely be changes elsewhere.

With a new man, with deep pockets, still settling into a role in Everton’s boardroom, the club could soon be unrecognisable to the one that started 2015-16.

A number of players are out of contract in the summer, while others face uncertain futures as Farhad Moshiri’s millions burn a hole in his pocket.

And then there are a few players Everton who will need to convince to stay put.

Tim Howard, of course, is already off. The American departs Goodison for a return to his homeland, joining MLS outfit Colorado Rapids after more than 400 appearances – and one goal – for the Blues.

But who else could leave Everton this summer? We look at the probables, the possibles and the hopefully nots...

The probables

Steven Pienaar

One of a number of players out of contract in the summer.

He too could join Howard in moving back to his homeland, with the 34-year-old expressing a desire to move back to the club where he started his career, Ajax Cape Town.

“It would be a dream come true to finish my career in South Africa, preferably at Ajax Cape Town because it’s always good to end it where you started,” he said recently.

Pienaar has scored 24 goals in over 200 appearances for Everton during two spells with the club. This year, form and fitness has restricted him to just five appearances in competitions.

Leon Osman

Two more appearances will put Leon Osman inside the top 10 of all time appearance makers at Goodison Park, alongside the legendary Dixie Dean on 433.

And Osman, who is out of contract at the end of the season and expected to depart, will be eager to bid farewell to the fans who have watched him for more than 16 years at Goodison.

Darron Gibson

2015-16 was to be a crucial campaign for Darron Gibson – with a new contract, and therefore his Everton future, on the line.

But sadly more injuries have limited the Irishman to just six league appearances, and they appear to have come too late to save his Blues career.

Tony Hibbert

Everton fans never got to have their riot.

And unless Tony Hibbert finds a way to bag himself a goal in the final three games of the season, then they never will.

Nevertheless, Hibbert has been a great servant to Everton in the 16 years he has enjoyed with the club, making more than 300 appearances.

Aiden McGeady

He might not be a part of the farewell tour during the last three games of the season, but Aiden McGeady is still expected to depart Everton in the summer.

The Irishman has never been able to fulfill his potential with the Toffees, making just one appearance, in the League Cup, this season, before being farmed out to Sheffield Wednesday on loan.

A permanent move to England’s second tier could beckon for the Irishman, otherwise a transfer back north of the border to his former club Celtic has been mooted.

The possibles

Kevin Mirallas

Despite only signing a new three-year deal with Everton last summer, speculation has continued over Kevin Mirallas’s future at Goodison.

It hasn’t helped the Belgian’s cause that he’s struggled to get a prolonged run of games under Martinez this season.

Things could, however, change for Mirallas should Martinez leave the club in the summer.

Arouna Kone

His future could well go hand-in-hand with Martinez’s own.

The Ivorian is a favourite of the Spaniard having followed him from Wigan Athletic to Everton in 2013.

The 32-year-old started the season well, excelling at Southampton and in the win over Chelsea before scoring a hat-trick at Sunderland.

But since then he has struggled to impress.

Oumar Niasse

Perhaps a long shot, but what odds on Goodison’s mystery man making a swift departure from Everton this summer?

Niasse has played very little football since his £13.5million move from Lokomotiv Moscow, with Martinez pointing to the striker’s lack of fitness as the reason behind his lack of game time.

Evertonians have speculated that there is more to it, however, and that the forward has failed to convince staff of his worth.

Hopefully not

John Stones

A trio of bids from Chelsea were knocked back last summer, but Everton will surely face another battle to hold on to their talented centre-back.

Granted, the Toffees won’t need the money this summer. Moshiri will see to that.

But will they be able to convince Stones to stay put at Goodison Park after such a poor season?

Chelsea, with Antonio Conte incoming, may return, and Manchester City have been strongly linked with the 21-year-old.

Romelu Lukaku

It feels like every time Romelu Lukaku departs on international duty he discusses his Everton future.

This time he enlisted the help of his dad, Roger, who said that his son should move to Manchester United or Bayern Munich.

Blues fans are going to have to put up with a full month of it soon enough, with Lukaku away with Belgium at the European Championships.

Lukaku has been one of the few success stories in a miserable campaign for Everton. Blues fans will be hoping that an eye-watering price tag will put off would-be suitors.

Ross Barkley

Probably the least likely of the trio to seek a move to pastures new, you would expect Farhad Moshiri, and any potential new manager, to want to build a team around the boyhood Evertonian.

The Wavertree-born player is another who has been linked with a number of clubs – but with Moshiri’s investment, Everton will have no intention of allowing him to depart.