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Everton closing on deal for PSV director Marcel Brands

Everton football chief Steve Walsh is coming under increasing pressure.

The Mirror says Everton are planning a summer revolution and will look to overhaul coaching, scouting and technical staff as well, in an attempt to keep up with the Premier League's powerhouses.

They are set to bring in PSV Eindhoven transfer guru Marcel Brands - as we first revealed in January - and that leaves Walsh's position as director of football also under threat.

Everton went on a huge spending spree last summer but it has not pushed them towards the top four like they hoped. The £25million signing of striker Cenk Tosun in January — when they also splashed out £20m on Arsenal's England forward Theo Walcott — has also had mixed results.

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