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What are Everton's current wide options?

For most of last season, David Moyes set Everton up with Dwight McNeil on the right and Iliman Ndiaye on the left.

With McNeil on his way to Palace and Al Hilal expressing interest in Ndiaye, Moyes’ starting wide players on opening day could look completely different.

Jack Grealish impressed across his 22 games played during a loan spell from Manchester City last season, making a strong impact in the first half of the campaign before a foot injury in January ended his season. A possible return remains uncertain.

Moyes still has a few internal options.

Tyler Dibling, who joined Everton for £40m from Southampton last summer, had a transitional season spent largely in the wilderness at Everton, starting only four Premier League games and was overlooked by the arrival of Jack Grealish.

Everton could also start Tyrique George, who joined from Chelsea for £24m after a successful loan spell on Merseyside last season.

George made 11 appearances for Everton, starting once, but impressed manager David Moyes, who called him an "excellent boy with an excellent work-rate" at the end of his initial four-month spell at the club.

Merlin Rohl, who also played a handful of games out-wide, could be an option for Moyes.

McNeil and Johnson poised for swap

Michael Emons

BBC Sport

Toffees' winger Dwight McNeil, 26, nearly moved to Selhurst Park at the start of February when Palace agreed a loan-to-buy deal, which would have turned into a £20m permanent move this summer.

However, the transfer fell through as the required paperwork could not be completed in time, even though McNeil had already passed a medical.

In a social media post, his partner Megan Sharpley had been critical of Palace, writing on Instagram: "We live in a world where everyone is aware of how big a problem mental health is.

"So, in football, why do we find it acceptable because these young men are on a lot of money and that's OK to mess and toy with their mental health and that it's just part of the job?

"To have something promised to you, to have been dragged along on an emotional rollercoaster and to be toyed with until the final minute. For that to be torn away from you at the last second with absolutely no explanation has hurt more than I can say."

But the deal has been revived, with Brennan Johnson now involved in the exchange.

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