As the search for Carlo Ancelotti's successor boils on, Everton have to avoid being caught cold going into the transfer market and the onus for that falls on Marcel Brands.
This summers festival of football that is Euro 2020 is the perfect opportunity for Everton fans and the scouting department to take a closer look at potential additions ahead of the new season.
A rebuild is on the cards for the next occupant of the Goodison Park hot seat but some of the first steps could be made scouting the Pan-European Championships.
Who should Everton consider as a potential signing from this summer's competition?
Giovanni Di Lorenzo
Position: Full-Back
Nation: Italy
Market Value: £18m
Ben Godfrey filtering in at right-back for the remainder of the season in the absence of Seamus Coleman highlighted a potential area of improvement for the Blues.
Di Lorenzo turns out for the emerging favourites, Italy, and could offer the tenacity that is needed down the right.
Seven assists from right-back could offer the creativity needed to utilise the attacking instinct that Dominic Calvert-Lewin showed last season.
Josip Brekalo
Position: Attacker
Nation: Croatia
Market Value: £10.8m
The attacker started for Croatia in their second group match against the Czech Republic on Friday.
As Wolfsburg qualified for European football, Brekalo highlighted his attacking capabilities for the German side.
Whoever the next man in the dugout is for Everton, they could look to the 22-year-old as an attacking avenue. His vision and dribbling could be utilised as they break or transition forward with Brekalo cutting inside looking for overlaps.
Alex Kral
Position: Midfield
Nation: Czech Republic
Market Value: £7.4m
Alex Kral is one of the bright sparks to look out for at Euro 2020.
The powerhouse is technically gifted but a hard-tackling midfielder to boot and could offer Everton creativity in the final third and an important tackler at the other.
Spartak Moscow's 23-year-old will be high in demand amongst the European clubs as they look to emulate West Ham in picking up a Czech coup.
He picked up five assists for Spartak last season whilst making 51 interceptions in the Russian Premier League.
Eljif Elmas
Position: Attacker
Nation: North Macedonia
Market Value: £15m
Elmas scored the winner for North Macedonia in their shock 2-1 win over Germany in the World Cup qualifiers in March.
The 21-year-old featured predominantly off the bench for Napoli in Serie A last season but he still contributed three goals and two assists.
Although they fell to successive defeats against Austria and Ukraine, Elmas poses a danger as a false nine and despite his age, he has bags of experience with the Naples club and previous side Fenerbahce in Turkey.
