It's fair to say that Everton owner Farhad Moshiri wasn't particularly popular among the Goodison Park faithful during Sam Allardyce's spell in charge of the club, following on from a number of other failures stretching back to last summer.

Toffees supporters would have been excited when the 63-year-old businessman took charge and vowed to invest in the side, and he certainly followed through on that promise with some big-money additions in 2017.

While fans of Merseyside outfit can't fault the money that has been spent on the playing squad, some of the Iranian's decision-making – particularly in terms of recruitment and the managerial situation with David Unsworth and Allardyce – left a lot to be desired, and it would have caused those supporters to lose a little faith in him as they watched poor football under the leadership of the former England boss.

Moshiri has taken a step in the right direction by sacking the 63-year-old and director of football Steve Walsh and replacing them with potentially Marco Silva and Marcel Brands - who can become an instant Goodison hero by completing a £70m deal this summer - and he has a real opportunity in the coming weeks and months to bring in new players that can help them gatecrash the top-six party next term.

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With Leighton Baines turning 34 years of age this summer and with The Sun reporting that he could be interested in a move to the MLS, one of Moshiri's transfer priorities will be to bring a new left-back to Goodison Park this summer.

Manchester United's Shaw could be the ideal candidate even though things haven't worked out for him under Jose Mourinho, with the Portuguese boss publicly criticising him for his performances on more than one occasion.

However, the England international is only 22 and has the potential and plenty of time to get better, and he will also have a point to prove that he can still be a brilliant left-back at this level – his energy to get up and down the pitch would certainly help the Toffees in the final third next term.

With Ashley Williams and Phil Jagielka not good enough to be starting and the future of Ramiro Funes Mori surely in doubt, it is clear to see that Moshiri needs to bring in at least one – and perhaps even two – new centre-backs this summer.

Step forward Nastasic, who helped Schalke record an impressive second-place finish in the Bundesliga this season as he starred in 24 German top flight appearances.

The 25-year-old quickly impressed and then fell out of favour after injury when he was in the Premier League with Manchester City previously, but he has clearly matured and improved in the last few seasons and could be a brilliant partner for Michael Keane at Goodison Park.

Despite signing Wayne Rooney, Davy Klaassen and Gylfi Sigurdsson last summer, Everton still don't really seem to have found the solution to who will be a long-term success in the No.10 role for them yet.

With Sigurdsson often playing on the left rather than through the middle and the futures of both Rooney and Klaassen potentially in doubt, Moshiri may be looking for a new central attacking midfielder this summer, and Anderson Talisca should be a target.

The 24-year-old has just enjoyed a brilliant season on loan from Benfica at Besiktas – where he linked up with Toffees striker Cenk Tosun prior to his January move to England – scoring 20 goals and providing a further eight assists in 47 appearances in all competitions.

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