Roberto Martinez still wants to sign Tom Cleverley from Manchester United

Everton’s Roberto Martinez has been attempting to sign Tom Cleverley since last year. In the previous season, Martinez launched an offer for the 25 year old midfielder but a deal could never be completed however this won’t stop the manager of Everton to continue luring Cleverley into Goodison Park.

"We know the situation with Tom. He's a player I know well, I've worked with him.’’ Roberto Martinez said.
A new midfielder and a centre-back are a few of the things that Roberto Martinez wants to sign for Everton and he was linked with Barcelona’s Sergi Roberto but the English manager stepped up and shut down those rumors involving the player of Barcelona as Martinez said that no agreement has been made and it doesn’t look like he is even interested in signing Sergi Roberto.

There is no doubt that Roberto Martinez is eager on upgrading his squad by adding a few quality players to his team but what remains uncertain is the future of some of his players including Sylvain Distin and Antolin Alcaraz. The contracts of both of these defenders expire at the end of the season and Roberto Martinez has not stated whether or not he intends on offering the defensive duo a contract extension. You can get good odds on backing Distin to sign a new deal if you use this Ladbrokes promo code to double the odds.

The 32 year old Paraguayan defender Antolin Alcaraz is not a consistent starter for Everton as he has made less than 10 Premier League appearances in this season. Alcaraz does not appear to be in the plans of Roberto Martinez and a move away from Everton is starting to become into a real possibility.

Sylvain Distin on the other hand is 37 years old and Roberto Martinez might be interested in offloading some of his older players who do not play such an important role in the team and Distin is one of them.