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‘Is that the loan fee?’ – Many Everton fans react as club set price for £70k-a/w in-demand ace

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Many Everton supporters have been reacting on social media to a report by the Liverpool Echo where they claimed the club had set an asking price for Idrissa Gana Gueye.

The 63-cap Senegal international was much sought-after by Paris Saint-Germain in the January window, but the would-be Ligue 1 champions at best offered us £26million come Deadline Day and saw their advances rejected.

Boss Marco Silva is keen for the same stance to be taken up this summer should PSG or anyone else come sniffing around for his midfield anchor, with reports of serious interest growing at Manchester United.

It is the Echo’s understanding, however, that the Red Devils are unlikely to firm up their intrigue into the 29-year-old midfielder’s availability, having learnt that we will demand a fee in excess of £35million.

The figure Blues chiefs have slapped on Gueye is thought to be too high for the Old Trafford natives to reach this year, considering his age and that he has three years remaining on a £70,000-a-week contract at Goodison Park.

When the £35million fee for in-demand Gueye was then shared on social media, here’s how some of the Goodison Park faithful reacted…

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