Premier League Transfer Rumours: Barcelona legend to City, Weigl and Pulisic to United and more—22nd December

#3 Big Sam wants big man

James Tomkins has worked with Allardyce

Yes, well, this makes sense, just read on, please. Former England manager, Sam Allardyce wants a towering defender to bolster his defence and has targeted Crystal Palace defender, James Tomkins. The 1.91m defender has previously worked with Sam Allardyce during his time at West Ham.

And now, the manager once again wants to reunite with the 28-year-old in order to make Everton a better defensive unit.

All of this is according to The Sun, who also believe that the defender will cost somewhere around £20 million. Given that Everton have the cash necessary to make such a deal—they paid nearly £50 million for Gylfi Sigurdsson—seeing him in the Blue shirt might not be beyond reality after all.