Everton watch Ludovic Ajorque play vs Monaco, eyeing transfer following Dominic Calvert-Lewin injury
Everton sent scouts to watch Strasbourg striker Ludovic Ajorque in action on Saturday as they plot a transfer following Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s injury.
The Toffees number nine suffered a knee injury and will miss around six weeks of action, forcing Everton to dip into the transfer market again for a new source of goals.
According to journalist Ignazio Genuardi, the club had scouts watching the 6ft 6′ forward as he played against Monaco and are now considering making a bid to bring him to Goodison Park.
Sky Sports previously reported the club’s interest in the player, along with seven other Premier League sides and mooted an £18m fee to get a deal done.
Ajorque scored 12 goals in Ligue 1 last season and has hit double figures for goals in each of his four campaigns with Strasbourg.
The club are also said to have made an approach for Wolves captain Conor Coady in defence, while moving forward with deals for Amadou Onana and Idrissa Gueye.
Swift
It’s been the story of Everton’s window so far, that they’ve taken their time deliberating over transfer targets but once they settle on someone they move swiftly to get a deal done.
James Tarkowski was sorted quickly, while Ruben Vinagre and Dwight McNeil joined within 48 hours of stories breaking that there was even a genuine interest in them.
Onana and Gueye were similar stories, so fans should be hopeful of something like that again here with Ajorque so they can have a striker in place for next weekend’s clash with Aston Villa.
A target man figure, Ajorque would be a similar profile to the strikers already at the club albeit not quite as mobile as Calvert-Lewin but at £18m it could be a shrewd bit of business.
If they can beat off the competition from several other clubs it will be a boost to their own hopes for the season but also hit their rivals negatively, which can only be a good thing.