Everton defender Michael Keane is making moves to leave Goodison Park.

The Daily Mail says Keane is set to leave Everton on loan in January and the door to Europe is open after the defender secured an Irish passport.

The savvy 29-year-old is one of an increasing number of players who have used their ancestry to secure a European Union member passport and swerve Brexit regulations.

With Ireland, birthplace of his father, in the EU, Keane can head to another European country without having to worry whether he meets border control criteria.

Keane, who has 12 England caps, may not, however, have to utilise his new passport.

With Everton short on defenders at the time, the club are understood to have turned down offers from Nottingham Forest and West Ham in the summer and a switch to another Premier League club would not come as a surprise.