As made abundantly clear by Ronald Koeman on Thursday, Everton are expecting to have to fill a Romelu Lukaku shaped hole in their squad this summer.
The Belgium international has made it clear he has little interest in continuing his Goodison Park adventure longer than he has to, and an exit come the end of the season is very likely.
Scoring 23 league goals so far this season, Lukaku is bound to have most of the big clubs after his services, ready to pay a large sum of money to convince the Toffees to let him go.
This will leave Koeman with a lot of money to play around with, focusing primarily on a new striker, which FootMercato in France report could already be in the Premier League.
According to the French website, Everton are keeping an eye on Wilfried Bony, who hasn’t had the best of seasons on loan at Stoke, and who would ideally like to stay in England.
With Manchester City looking to sell, and the Toffees needing to buy, this could be a match made in heaven, especially with Bony offering similar skills to his Belgian counterpart.
Strong, a good finisher and very adept in the air, the Ivory Coast striker will want to put his season at the bet365 Stadium behind him as quickly as possible, and where better than at a club with an ambitious project?
