Everton interested in Strasbourg striker Ludovic Ajorque – report
Everton are interested in Strasbourg striker Ludovic Ajorque and face competition from Premier League clubs for his signature, according to the Daily Mail.
The six-foot-six target man has established himself in Ligue 1 and the Toffees are one of several Premier League clubs courting the French striker.
The report from the Daily Mail’s David Kent and Sam Brookes, reveals the likes of Everton, Everton, Wolves, Leicester and Brentford as well as Bundesliga clubs.
The report said: “Strasbourg striker Ludovic Ajorque is attracting major interest from a host of Premier League clubs.
“Everton, Wolves, Leicester, and Brentford are among the teams keen on the 28-year-old centre-forward with Strasbourg bracing themselves for offers.”
It is also understood that Strasbourg are ready to sell Ajorque but want £18million for the forward.
Good signing for Everton?
The 28-year-old, who started his career at French club Angers would be a signing that would add depth to the Everton attack.
The former Clerment Foot 63 striker has scored goals where he has been, recording a career goal scoring rate of a goal every 3.2 games. throughout his career.
He has scored 50 goals in 139 Strasbourg appearances and has also provided 19 assists during that time, which is a telling statistic about his player profile.
His height also means he would add another attacking dimension as he is a different sort of target man than Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Also, with the Englishman’s injury woes, Everton would now have a backup striker much better than current occupier of that role, Salomon Rondon.
He would relieve some of the goalscoring pressure from Calvert-Lewin, allowing him to regain fitness as well as not resorting Frank Lampard to starting Anthony Gordon up front like he had to against Chelsea on the 6 August.
Last season , he scored 12 league goals in 36 games, and a healthy goalscoring rate like that would be welcomed at Goodison Park, at a club that is dire need of goals.
In other Everton news, Southampton made a last-ditch move to sign Conor Coady before he signed for the Toffees.