Everton have made contact over a £10m ‘electric’ winger deal for Naama

Everton The club have now made contact over a deal to sign a new ‘electric’ winger target, who could be brought in in place of the heavily linked Ernest Nama this month, according to a report.

Movement has stopped

Lyon’s Nima was one of the Toffees’ main targets during the January transfer window, and at one point it looked as if they might be. About to get a deal over the lineBut no progress has been made since then.

In fact, it now looks as if the move will not happen this month, with the Merseyside club supposedly failing to reach an agreement with Lyon.

as, David Moyes The team may have to move on to other targets, and Everton have now taken their first concrete steps towards signing a Portuguese League winger.

According to a report from Caught Offside, The Toffees have now made contact with Sporting CP to explore the possibility of signing Marcus Edwardswho fell in the hierarchy in recent weeks.

Edwards’ poor relationship with manager Rui Borges has led to a lack of playing time, meaning Sporting are now open to selling him for €12m (£10m) this month, although 35% of that fee will be owed to former club Tottenham Hotspur. .

The report also suggests that Neama is unlikely to move to Goodison Park this month, as the move appears to have fallen through for a second time, with Everton also missing out on his signature last summer.

Edwards could be a better signing than Nima

The sports winger is likely to be available for a much lower fee than Naama, which is reported to be priced at 25 million pounds sterlingThere are signs that he could have a better impact at Goodison Park in the second half of the season.

Although the Englishman has fallen down the pecking order for Sporting this season, he has proven himself over a long period of time in the Portuguese league, while the Lyon player is yet to score. bachelor A goal or an assist in the French League this season.

The 26-year-old has 32 Goals and 30 assists to his name in 154 Portuguese league matches, and he was like that praised Described as “electric” by the media during his time with the Portuguese club.

Grace is younger than Edwards, at 21, but otherwise there’s no real upside to signing the youngster this month, so it’s by no means the end of the world as Everton appear to have missed out.

Furthermore, with Edwards available for a fee of just £10m, it would certainly be worth pursuing a deal for the winger this month.