I don't want to put too much stock in journo chatter, but even if Everton haven't actually bought much to improve them yet, we know full well what they're aiming for, and where each of the deals is currently stood, and we can see their intentions from there.
For us, we've moved on several squad members, and the only concrete news we've had of players being pursued is AMN, who we lost out on because we dragged our feet and he got the chance to cement himself in the club's plans. There's very plainly a difference there.
It's not like our big signings don't get reported on ahead of time, either- in the past few years, we've heard about Neves, Boly, Patricio, Moutinho, Raul, Dendoncker and Cutrone well ahead of the deal being completed, with the only major exceptions tending to be complete bolts from the blue like the Neto and Jordao deal. The lack of deals being done at this point is concerning, but the lack of concrete rumours is just as concerning, personally.
