Everton are exploring whether taking another player on loan from Chelsea could resolve the club’s dilemma over Armando Broja. The striker was stretchered off in the Blues’ FA Cup final win over Peterborough United.

Broja looks set to be unavailable for up to three months. Not only does his absence prevent him from being able to help Everton, it means they are unable to turn to the domestic loan market as they continue efforts to strengthen this month.

Premier League clubs can only take two players on loan from the English pyramid at any one time and the Blues also have Jack Harrison on a temporary deal from Leeds United.

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Discussions remain ongoing with Chelsea, who would need to be willing to cut short the loan deal for Broja return. But one possible solution that is being looked at is whether Everton could take an alternative player on loan from Stamford Bridge to compensate for Broja’s salary returning to Chelsea’s wage bill.

Carney Chukwuemeka and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall are understood to be among the players on the Blues' radar, should a breakthrough be possible.

Both players have struggled for minutes at Chelsea this season and would strengthen Everton in areas manager David Moyes Moyes has identified as in need of reinforcements.

Chukwuemeka can provide an attacking option from the middle or the left-wing and the 21-year-old is the subject of widespread interest from across Europe this month.

Dewsbury-Hall would offer Moyes another option in midfield and, while he started Chelsea’s win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday, appears to be well down the pecking order when Enzo Maresca has all of his midfield options available.

Broja secured a move to the Blues in the final minutes of the summer transfer window on a deal that meant his new club would not have to pay his wages until he returned from an Achilles injury. He made his debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers in December and had several positive cameo performances as he rebuilt his fitness.

His hopes of challenging Dominic Calvert-Lewin for a place in Everton’s frontline were destroyed by a knee injury suffered in the final stages of the Peterborough match earlier this month, however.

It was a heartbreaking moment for the player and one laced with disappointment for the Blues given the club’s struggle for goals and their option to make the deal permanent should Broja succeed at Goodison Park.