Abdoulaye Doucoure has completed his Everton medical ahead of a proposed £22million transfer from Watford.
He will sign a four year contract and an official announcement is expected in the next 24 hours.
The experienced Frenchman has made 129 appearances for Watford, scoring 17 goals and providing 12 assists.
However, he was eager to leave the Hornets after they were relegated from the Premier League at the end of last season.
Prior to joining Watford, the midfielder played for Stade Rennais in Ligue 1, and Granada in La Liga.
The 27-year-old travelled to Merseyside on Thursday for his medical and should become an official Everton player by the end of Friday.
Doucoure's ability to drive forward from midfield is a useful asset and the arrival of James Rodriguez will also bolster Everton's creativity.
Carlo Ancelotti is overseeing a major rebuild of the midfield, with Rodriguez and Allan also close to joining.
Rodriguez is set to join from Real Madrid for over £20m, while Allan is on the verge of signing from Napoli for £21m, meaning Everton will have spent over £60m on improving their midfield.
Earlier in the transfer window Everton secured a deal for left-back Niels Nkounkou, who was previously at Marseille.
fenceklps
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the carlo effect is working
Aleksy_VanOostrum
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Everton XI 2020/21:
ingia
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Everton is competing chelsea In number of transfers made
dicceiz
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vamdmsyz
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Nipemnpuz
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everton 1984-1986 glory era will back...😂 hopefully
AABako
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is a perfect transfer
Mustang37
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I always feel sorry for Arsenal whenever I see a mid table team strengthening for top 4
Dikavit
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with him, Gomez and Allan midfield will be
busbilnoty
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one of the great coach trying to make a new record with Everton
fohcdepuy
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I hate to admit it but they will be knocking on the door for European football this season, Merseyside on
Vezonic22
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Everton is buying to take some top teams out of the top 4.
muwikpruz
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Everton is about to make some impact this season. James , Allan, Doucoure almost done....only thing they need is a right back. And they're set to make some surprise victories.
Pop Shubhojit Das
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Ancelloti doing great job.... They'll be in top 8 this season... Hope good for James