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Everton boss Martinez: Oviedo no replacement for Baines

Everton boss Roberto Martinez is adamant Bryan Oviedo is competition and not a replacement for left-back Leighton Baines. Speculation still persists that Manchester United manager David Moyes will return to his former club to sign Baines in January after a failed bid in the summer.

"Nothing changes. We are in the middle of the season, we have just gone 14 games and the only thing we are thinking about is finishing the season with the strongest squad possible," said the Spaniard.

"The last thing we want is to lose experienced players, players who mean a lot to Everton and who represent a lot in terms of what we want to achieve."

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