{"id":156030,"date":"2018-08-09T15:29:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T15:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soulcentralmagazine.com\/everton-reach-agreement-to-sign-chelsea-centre-back-kurt-zouma-on-loan\/"},"modified":"2018-08-09T15:29:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T15:29:34","slug":"everton-reach-agreement-to-sign-chelsea-centre-back-kurt-zouma-on-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulcentralmagazine.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/09\/everton-reach-agreement-to-sign-chelsea-centre-back-kurt-zouma-on-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton \u2018reach agreement\u2019 to sign Chelsea centre-back Kurt Zouma on loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__headline-section\"><span class=\"article__kicker theme__copy-color\">TEMPORARY SWITCH<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"article__subdeck theme__border-color\" wp_automatic_readability=\"32\">\n<p>The French defender is seemingly headed for Goodison Park<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"46.199177438308\">\n<p class=\"article__content article__content--intro\">Everton have reportedly reached an agreement with Chelsea for the loan signing of Kurt Zouma.<\/p>\n<p>The French centre-back has fallen further and further out of favour at the club since being a Blues regular between 2014 and 2016.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"0\">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"\/\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-409254 size-thesun-article-image\" alt=\"Zouma was part of Chelsea\u2019s 2014\/15 and 2016\/17 title-winning squads\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/08\/Zouma.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960&amp;quality=100\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\">\n\t\tZouma was part of Chelsea\u2019s 2014\/15 and 2016\/17 title-winning squads\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BilelGhazi\/status\/1027562721250828294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to L\u2019Equipe<\/a>, the Toffees have moved to secure his signature for a temporary move ahead of the 2018\/19 season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/kurt-zouma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zouma<\/a> spent last season at Stoke City and couldn\u2019t help them to avoid relegation.<\/p>\n<p>\t<!--googleoff: all--><\/p>\n<div class=\"sun-grid-container sun-grid-container--white\">\n<div class=\"sun-row \">\n<div class=\"col sun-col-6\">\n<div class=\"rail rail--classic  rail--trending theme-main\" data-slide-count=\"4\" data-slide-count-tablet=\"4\">\n<div class=\"swiper-container\">\n<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\" wp_automatic_readability=\"18.5\">\n<div class=\"rail__item swiper-slide\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .rail__item-image --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"rail__item-headline 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