Technical director keeps putting pressure on Everton – Another transfer warning sent

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Flamengo technical director José Boto has insisted he believes Carlos Alcaraz will return to the Premier League permanently this summer, even if Everton don't buy him.

Torcida Flamengo cover comments from him made in an interview with journalist Venê Casagrande, in which the Alcaraz situation was discussed.

The midfielder joined Everton on loan at the end of the January transfer window, with that deal including an obligation to buy for £15m in the summer if he plays 45 minutes in at least eight games.

There has been increasing concern at Flamengo that won't happen as Alcaraz has been rotated in and out by David Moyes since joining the Toffees.

The belief is that Everton will dodge the clause and look to renegotiate the fee in the summer. Flamengo have been countering this with several reports in Brazil insisting that there are other Premier League teams already asking about the midfielder.

The tone has very much been that Everton would be unwise to not activate the clause for Alcaraz as they could find themselves stuck in an auction to try and get him.

It seems Boto wants to add to that, insisting that there are other Premier League teams interested in his man.

“I can’t predict the future, but I’m convinced he’ll stay in England," he said.

"Either at Everton or at another club, because we’ve had enquiries from other clubs since he arrived in England. He’s an excellent player for that type of game. I think it’s unlikely he’ll return to Flamengo, because he’ll certainly have a market in the Premier League.

“Then people say: ‘he’s good enough in the Premier League but not for Flamengo’. Things are not like that.

"Especially because, for me, Flamengo is much better than 70% of the teams in the Premier League. But the style of play that Flamengo has, has little to do with most of the teams in the Premier League."

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