David Moyes has praised Manuel Fernandes' improvement as the season has gone on, and has said he will assess the creative Portugese midfielder's situation more in the next week.
With Valencia still claiming a transfer fee of around £12m, any decision is likely to be made after Moyes is certain that he has funds to further improve his squad in other areas, but a further season's loan deal could be an option.
“Fernandes has been much improved, he passed the ball well at Arsenal and did the same again today,” said the Everton manager. “Like last year, he’s got better as time has gone on. We’re going to assess his situation in the next week or so. I have got a few ideas which I’m thinking about.” ...discuss this in our forum...