Everton manager Roberto Martinez is seeking a January reunion with Scotland's Euro 2016 hero Shaun Maloney.

Martinez travelled to Glasgow to see Maloney score an outstanding winning goal against the Republic of Ireland during the international break and is keen to bring the 31-year-old midfielder to Goodison before his contract runs out in the summer.

Maloney was signed by Martinez at Wigan in 2011 from Celtic and helped the club win the FA Cup last year.

Shaun Maloney (pictured celebrating scoring for Wigan on Saturday) is the subject of interest from Everton

Roberto Martinez was Maloney's manager while the pair were at Wigan Athletic in the Premier League

Martinez travelled to Glasgow to see Maloney score an outstanding winning goal against the Republic of Ireland

With Wigan aware that Maloney is unlikely to sell a new deal, they will have to sell him in January or face losing him for nothing at the end of the season. He would be expected to fetch around £500,000.

Although Martinez's relationship Maloney would make Everton firm favourites to seal a deal, the player would be likely to attract several offers from home and abroad if Wigan agreed to let him go in January.

MLS Club Chicago Fire have reportedly shown an interest while other Premier League clubs are monitoring the situation.

Maloney bent a wonderful free-kick beyond the Middlesbrough wall at the DW Stadium at the weekend

Wigan's new boss Malky Mackay would be reluctant to lose Maloney so soon into his tenure at the DW Stadium but would hope to re-invest any transfer fee in new players.

The club have endured a torrid week off the field following the controversial appointment of Mackay while he is still under an FA investigation for exchanging allegedly racist and sexist texts.