Everton have been busy in the transfer market already this summer. Jack Harrison has arrived on loan again, while Iliman Ndiaye and Tim Iroegbunam have arrived on permanent deals from Marseille and Aston Villa respectively.

Lewis Dobbin joined Villa from Everton and business between the two clubs appears unlikely to end there, with Amadou Onana poised to complete a £50 million move to the Midlands outfit.

Everton are also seeking to improve their options out wide. Jesper Lindstrom from Napoli and Wilfried Gnonto from Leeds United are both targets after the Blues missed out on Jaden Philogene.

But who should be next on the Blues' list of transfer targets? ECHO writers took a closer look at the squad and shared their picks...

Joe Thomas

I think signing another winger is crucial. In Dwight McNeil and Jack Harrison, Everton have the pair that served them so well last season and both have been working hard this summer to prepare for the upcoming campaign - McNeil returned to Finch Farm before pre-season while Harrison trained on holiday in Miami.

But Everton clearly need more strength out wide and the sale of Lewis Dobbin, while he was a squad player, removes one of few options to relieve the burden on those wide men. There are makeshift workarounds - Ashley Young spent the first half of his career on the flanks and James Garner's versatility does stretch to being able to do a job on the right of the midfield. But both are far from ideal and the prospect of coping with an injury to either McNeil or Harrison - and remember both started last year with bad injuries - is a tough one to contemplate as it stands.

As sure as I am that the wings should be a priority, I am not set on who the player should be. Jesper Lindstrom is of interest and he may be a savvy move if Napoli's failed defence of their Serie A title means he is the victim of a reshuffle. He struggled last season but that could be to Everton's benefit if it means the club can pick up a player who started in Eintracht Frankfurt's Europa League final win just two summers ago. I do think Wilfried Gnonto would be an exciting signing. All of a sudden he has built up substantial experience in English football and at 20 there is plenty of room for growth, while Leeds United's failure to return to the Championship and Amadou Onana's expected sale to Aston Villa could provide an opportunity that was perhaps unexpected when Everton's season finished before Leeds' defeat to Southampton in the Championship play-off final.

Gnonto has, of course, been of longstanding interest following the efforts to capture him last season. So either player would represent a boost for me, as would an alternative option. While this has been a positive summer to date, I would sleep far better if there was genuine competition - or at least back-up - to McNeil and Harrison.

Paul Wheelock

It was clear that Gareth Southgate didn’t take kindly to the criticism that came his way during Euro 2024. And while his team’s performances in the majority of the tournament fell below the high level of expectation he helped create, you can understand why his skin appeared on the thin side given what he achieved as England manager.

That said, he was rightly questioned for a comment he made after the 1-1 draw with Denmark. “We know we don’t have a natural replacement for Kalvin Phillips,” said the Three Lions boss to much ridicule.

It was a comment that was never going to wash when you’re the manager of a squad containing the prodigious talents of Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Harry Kane, Bukayo Saka and Everton’s own Jordan Pickford. And, let’s not forgot, this was the same Phillips that had struggled so badly on loan at West Ham United in the second half of the season after failing to break into Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering Manchester City side.

But, to Southgate’s credit, he eventually found a way and, for the second European Championship in succession, he guided England to the final. But what he said about Phillips was telling - and it is why Everton should make the man once affectionately dubbed the ‘Yorkshire Pirlo’ as their next summer signing.

Yes, it’s been a forgettable couple of seasons for Phillips but it was not too long ago that he was patrolling the England midfield alongside Declan Rice and had the best teams in the Premier League chasing his signature. That player is still in there - and it’s why Sean Dyche should take the chance to sign someone he has admired for some time if, as expected, City allow Phillips to leave on loan again.

While Iliman Ndiaye’s arrival means Abdoulaye Doucoure can play further back, and the midfield numbers have been bolstered by the signing of Tim Iroegbunam, Amadou Onana needs replacing, and if the Blues are going to do that, they should target a proper No.6 to allow Idrissa Gueye to do what he does best and press and intercept further up the field rather than sitting in front of the defence. Phillips, with a major point to prove, hopefully fits that bill perfectly.

Matt Jones

As encouraging and exciting as it is to see Everton linked with young attacking players, there is an obvious area of weakness in the squad that seems to have gone a little under the radar - full-back.

While the sale of Ben Godfrey to Atalanta represented solid business for Everton, the England international defender did cover every position at the back. Without him, the options on either flank of the defence look a little flimsy.

At left-back, Vitalii Mykolenko is Everton's only natural option and while he was a strong performer last season, he is coming into this term on the back of some injury issues. Ashley Young is his back-up.

Young is arguably Everton's back up on the right too, where veteran club captain Seamus Coleman and Nathan Patterson - who has chronic injury problems and seemingly a lack of trust from the manager - are the other possibles in the position.

Given Everton's financial restrictions, a new left-back and a new right-back feel unlikely this summer. However, a figure like Godfrey who can cover either side adeptly looks like a necessity going into the new season.