Everton could offload Muhamed Besic, Morgan Schneiderlin and Oumar Niasse next month.
An already busy transfer window at Goodison Park is set to see Cenk Tosun arrive from Besiktas while Sevilla’s Steven N’Zonzi is also on Sam Allardyce’s wish-list.
But that potential new influx threatens to see several Blues first-team players including Besic and Schneiderlin facing the prospect of a January departure.
Besic has rarely featured for Everton in 2017 due to fitness issues while Schneiderlin was a peripheral figure under Ronald Koeman and David Unsworth.
The Daily Mail claim that the pair could be offloaded, with West Ham understood to be willing to offer Schneiderlin an escape from his Goodison nightmare.
Niasse, meanwhile, is being linked with a move away from Everton once again despite having revived his career on Merseyside in recent months.
Brighton and Hove Albion are expected to be among a number of clubs pursuing the Ivory Coast international as they look to improve their goal-shy front line.