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title: "Fonte’s move to Everton could be on the cards"
canonical: "https://readeverton.com/fontes-move-everton-cards/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Luke Osman"
section: "Everton News"
published: "2016-12-24T12:15:00Z"
modified: "2016-12-24T12:15:00Z"
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# Fonte’s move to Everton could be on the cards

According to an exclusive report from The [Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/12/23/southampton-move-ward-offvirgil-van-dijk-suitors-placing-60m/) this evening, Everton’s move for Southampton captain Jose Fonte is a ‘possibility’ in January.

Everton’s interest in the veteran defender has been well documented since the summer and it now looks as though a bid could come in for the Portugal international next month.

The report claims that Southampton will welcome offers of around £13 million for their captain if potential suitors are desperate to make their move for the defender in the mid-season transfer window.

![Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readeverton.com/readeverton/2016/12/587599376.jpg)

£13 million is certainly a hefty price to pay for a 33-year-old defender who has already shown signs of slightly declining in quality, but Ronald Koeman will be familiar with him from his two-year tenure on the south coast, in which he made Fonte the captain of Saints.

Fonte would be a solid addition to the Everton back-line but it’d certainly be a short-term move due to his age.