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title: "Everton have scouts watch Chabot – a promising potential signing"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Elliott Cuff"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2019-10-11T21:00:37Z"
modified: "2019-10-11T21:00:37Z"
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# Everton have scouts watch Chabot – a promising potential signing

Everton had scouts watching Germany Under-21s star Julian Chabot on Thursday, according to reports.

The German youth side took on Spain Under-21s, where Sampdoria defender Chabot played the first half.

The 21-year old signed for the Serie A side in the summer from Groningen in the Netherlands, and he has made three appearances in the Italian top flight so far this season.

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[TuttoMercatoWeb claim](https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a/tmw-sampdoria-osservatori-dell-everton-a-cordova-per-chabot-1301602) that the Toffees had scouts in attendance to watch the young defender, with the club’s representatives having ‘closely followed’ the centre-back throughout the game.

The Blues are in desperate need of centre-back reinforcements in the January transfer window, having just Michael Keane, Yerry Mina and Mason Holgate as senior defensive options at the club currently.

Chabot could be seen as a potential winter recruit, although if Sampdoria do sell him so soon it would likely be for a significant profit on the €3.7million they spent in the summer.

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Chabot could certainly be considered as a much cheaper alternative to many of the other centre-backs linked with the club. Having penned a five-year deal in Genoa, it would likely cost around £10million to pry the defender from Sampdoria.

This would obviously be a snip, given the money Everton are said to be willing to spend on landing a long-term defensive recruit.

With Chabot now first choice at Sampdoria, and as a German youth international, his signing could potentially be good business, presuming the fee is kept to a reasonable rate.