Everton expect to complete a £10m deal
for Charlton’s 19-year-old forward Ademola Lookman early in the January
transfer window, BBC Sport reports.
Director of Football Steve Walsh has
made the signing a priority and the move is likely to go through quickly
as manager Ronald Koeman starts what is expected to be a busy January.
Lookman scored his seventh goal of the season in Charlton’s 1-0 win at MK Dons on Boxing Day.
He was also linked with Crystal Palace.
When asked about Lookman at his press
conference on Wednesday ahead of Friday’s Premier League away match with
Hull, Koeman said, “There is interest for the boy, yes.”
Everton – with Walsh a key figure – are
embarking on a policy of recruiting emerging young talent as well as
established players.
The Toffees signed teenager striker
Dominic Calvert-Lewin from Sheffield United for £1.5m in August and the
England youth international has figured as a substitute against Arsenal
and Liverpool recently.
Charlton had hoped Everton would loan
Lookman back to them for the rest of the season but he is seen as
someone who could quickly play a part at Goodison Park.
Koeman will also bid to tie up a move for Manchester United midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin in a deal that will cost around £20m.
Schneiderlin has been told he can leave
Old Trafford by manager Jose Mourinho and Everton also have a strong
interest in Koeman’s fellow countryman Memphis Depay.
The Netherlands attacker is also surplus to requirements under Mourinho.
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