As things stand, this is a story at its very earliest breath. River have made an initial enquiry to Everton about Carlos Alcaraz, asking after the conditions and terms on which the Argentine midfielder might move. Everton, crucially, have not yet responded — no decision has been signalled on whether they would even consider a sale or a loan. With a contract running to June 2027 and a fee notionally floated between £9.2m and £13m, this is interest, nothing firmer. The sourcing here is thin and should be read that way. The link traces to a single voice, German Garcia Grova, who carries modest credibility and reported it some eleven days ago. There is no corroboration from a benchmark reporter, no second reliable name backing it up. One mid-tier link, no echo — that is the honest picture. The engine's 14% marks this as a genuine longshot, and for good reason. For it to complete, Everton must first decide they want to do business, then agree terms within that £9.2m–£13m range, and River must convert a tentative enquiry into a concrete offer. Right now almost none of that has happened. A one-sided, unanswered question from a single source simply does not carry the weight to push the figure higher. The money would be in keeping with Alcaraz's recent history: Everton themselves paid £13m to sign him from Flamengo in 2025, and Flamengo had taken him from Southampton for £15m in 2024. River, for their part, spent £11m bringing a player in from Krasnodar in 2025. Watch for Everton's response. The moment they signal openness to a sale or loan — or River table an actual bid — this moves from whisper to story.