Bradley Beal has a no-trade clause in his contract that he first signed with the Washington Wizards, and he has no interest in waiving that yet. When the most compelling element of your regular season’s final week is which chump team is going to chump the hardest, something is definitely off.

A story from Tuttosport in Italy now states that Everton are close to bringing the Ecuador international to Goodison Park in a £5m deal. TBR Football understand West Ham also like Preciado – although the Italian news outlet are now claiming that Everton are set to secure his signature.

Sean Dyche was accused of being too defensive-minded before he got sacked last week, but Everton got a little bit stuck between being hard to beat and pushing for a goal when they lost to Aston Villa on Wednesday.

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The biggest target elsewhere is Mathys Tel, who appeared to bid goodbye to Bayern Munich fans on teh pitch last night and is the subject of a bidding war involving Manchester United, Tottenham, Chelsea and, potentially Arsenal. Spurs have also been linked with Yoane Wissa, Noah Okafor, Tyler Dibling and Angel Gomes.

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The 22-year-old dynamo was described as "fearless" and like "Morgan Rogers", who plays as a second striker for Aston Villa, by analyst Ben Mattinson, which speaks to his suitability to play in a deeper position.

Analysis of a frenetic clash that saw Villa prevail and book their place in the Champions League's knockout phase

Chilwell, who was dubbed "exceptional" by Brendan Rodgers, has played 169 Premier League matches in his career for Leicester and Chelsea combined and has been capped 21 times by England, which suggests that the experience is there for him to be able to hit the ground running at Goodison Park.