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Roberto Martinez wants to add creativity to Everton’s midfield.

The Blues boss is looking to inject some guile, craft and cunning to a side that struggled to break down defences last season.

But it's time Martinez, as he promised to do, adds those same qualities to his transfer dealings too.

“We have two options, one is to look at the finances and where we are in that league and achieve that but nothing higher,” he said in April.

“The other is to be creative and find a way to reflect what is in our DNA at the football club and work really, really hard to find a way to challenge with the best projects in the league and the best budgets in the league.”

Which brings us onto Arda Turan.

Yes, that Arda Turn.

The same gifted and gritty Turkish playmaker who has just signed a £24m deal with Spanish giants Barcelona.

Turan reportedly dismissed the advances of Chelsea and Arsenal to move across Spain but could he be tempted to England on a short-term deal?

He has, today, suggested he is ready to just train with Barcelona for two months, saying: I will train until I can make my debut in January and I will help the team win every possible trophy.”

But surely competitive football - rather than training all week and then sitting in the stands - is a better option?

Everton should try and find out.

The 28-year-old can’t play for Barca until January when the Catalans' transfer ban is lifted and it has been suggested that the Champions League winners could look to loan out Turan for the first five months of the season to ensure he maintains his match sharpness.

Galatasaray, his former club, were quickly touted as a possible destination for Turan but what about Everton?

Seriously.

Why shouldn’t Everton be on the phone to Barcelona, a club they already have lines of communication with, and be asking about the availability of Turan for the first half of the season?

Turan won’t be allowed to play in European competition for another club because he would be cup tied, so what’s stopping Everton making an approach?

Martinez has never been shy of exploring the full possibilities of the loan market and will do so again before the summer is out.

However implausible it may seem to some and however unlikely it could appear, surely Turan has to be a target.

Of course, Turan might dismiss it out of hand.

Barca may offer a swift and polite ‘No gracias’ but surely the Blues can at least explore the possibility?

People laughed in disbelief when Samuel Eto’o arrived at Finch Farm, didn’t they, so maybe targeting Turan isn’t such a pie in the sky idea after all.

Don't ask - don't get.