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da heads bet： In an interview with Sky Sports, on-loan Everton centre-back Kurt Zouma has dropped a hint that he wants to stay at Goodison Park beyond the summer.
What’s the word, then?
The France international is currently only contracted to stay with Marco Silva’s men until the end of the 2018/2019 season, at which point he’s still due to return to Chelsea.
However, speaking openly about his future with Sky Sports, the 24-year-old discussed being “very happy” on Merseyside, enjoying his season there so far, praised the squad that his current manager is building and stating that he’s heard nothing about his future from Stamford Bridge.
Zouma originally signed for the west London club in January 2014 from St-Etienne and despite picking up two Premier League titles along the way, has been loaned out three times and plagued by injury. However, this term has allowed him to find form, stay mostly injury free and break back into the squad of his national side.
Zouma and Everton are the perfect fit
It’s not hard to see based on what’s happened in their relationship together so far – Zouma and Everton are the perfect fit and Director of Football Marcel Brands needs to act on that.
The way they’ve complemented each other in 2018/2019 has been perfect, the player helping the club to be in European contention ahead of the run-in and the club pushing the player to get back up to the level of his early Blues days.
There’s no secret about the fact Silva would like to keep both of his main loan stars at the season’s end, Andre Gomes from Barcelona being the other.
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And the Blue Half of Merseyside’s central defence is ageing rapidly, 36-year-old captain Phil Jagielka having been a mainstay of it for a long time.
But if Brands and Silva can get Zouma to stay, he can be the future of the club’s central defence alongside Michael Keane. He’s got so many years ahead of him at the age of 24 and has already acclimatised well to life at Goodison Park.
Tying down the 6 ft 3 beast on a permanent deal may be easier said than done when we factor in the west Londoners’ potential transfer ban, though it’s something the Toffees simply have to do keep moving forward.