Ronald Koeman feels an Everton spending spree that has included the acquisition of serial title winner Wayne Rooney has signalled their intent to gatecrash the Premier League's top six.
The likes of Jordan Pickford, Davy Klaassen, Michael Keane and Sandro Ramirez had already been brought to Merseyside for a combined total of nearly £100million when Rooney, both Manchester United and England's all-time record scorer, completed his romantic return to his boyhood club at the weekend.
Their arrivals are a declaration of majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri's bid to upset the top-flight's established order and while Koeman was unwilling to make any top-four declarations at Rooney's introductory press conference, he does believe Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United will all have taken notice of the headline-grabbing moves made at Goodison Park.