Everton agree £40m fee for Monaco striker Balogun

Balogun, who scored three goals at the World Cup, was able to start the USA's last-16 defeat by Belgium - a decision European football's governing body UEFA called "unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable".

However, FIFA's disciplinary committee suspended his ban for a year, a decision that prompted widespread condemnation, particularly after it emerged that US President Donald Trump and White House officials had lobbied the world's governing body of football over the American's sanction.

Brazil forward Richarlison, 29, is believed to have reservations about returning to Everton, the club he left to join Spurs in 2022.