Everton move for Arias

Arias did not perform as expected in his first season at Atletico Madrid. Competition with Juanfran prevented him from being a certain starter although he did start 28 times. He scored once and gave two assists. 

The Colombian, ex-PSV, is currently with Colombia for the Copa America. In the opener, he received bad news because he did not start the match. Stefan Madina started instead. 

In the meantime, Everton are starting to weigh up his signing, according to 'Liverpool Echo'. Arias has the support of Marcel Brands, the club's director of football who he met at PSV. 

Brands wants to reinforce a position in which the club only has Coleman after Jonjoe Kenny's departure for Schalke. Arias could fill the hole, but the Colombian is only thinking of playing for Atletico. 

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