Everton have turned their attention to Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha after failing to add Kyle Naughton to their squad.

Full-back Naughton, along with Sheffield United club-mate Kyle Walker, signed for Tottenham yesterday despite the Merseysiders initially agreeing a fee for the players with the Championship side.

Now it has emerged that when City made their rejected £15million bid for Joleon Lescott last week, Everton also enquired about Onuoha's availability.

Onuoha, the England Under-21 defender, is also interesting Aston Villa and Spurs as new contract talks at City have dragged on for several months.