Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Denis Zakaria is interesting Everton.

The Mirror says Blues boss Marco Silva has been scouting Zakaria, 21, who is a holding midfielder with Borussia Monchengladbach.

Silva's plans include a narrow midfield three with two holding midfielders behind Gylfi Sigurdsson.

Zakaria is under contract at Borussia until 2022 after joining a year ago from Young Boys for around £8m.

He has since amassed 12 international caps already and was part of Switzerland's World Cup squad.