Ekitike. PSG willing to sell Hugo Ekitike and considering Everton bid says Sky Sports journalist

Paris Saint-Germain are willing to sell Hugo Ekitike and are considering an official bid from Everton, according to Alan Myers.

The Sky Sports journalist previously reported via Twitter (9 August) that despite holding a strong interest in the 21-year-old, the Toffees were yet to make any formal bid.

Although he later provided an update on the scenario, writing via Twitter once again (9 August) that the club had “submitted an offer”, which PSG are now deliberating over.

Ekitike scored three goals in 25 Ligue 1 appearances for PSG last term.

Speedy

So shortly after announcing that no offer had been made, Myers was back on social media updating followers that an offer had now been sent from Merseyside to Paris, which demonstrates how quickly the club are moving as they look to wrap up a deal for Ekitike.

A brand new striker is a priority for Sean Dyche, with the club desperate to bolster their attacking options after scoring just 34 goals in 38 Premier League games last season, the second-lowest total in the division.

So often the Toffees wait too long to make a move for a transfer target, although it now seems as if they are learning from their past mistakes, which will be much to the delight of the Goodison Park faithful.

Although he is not a regular for PSG, Ekitike is a talented young forward with a high ceiling and will be keen to get more regular first-team football with a view to breaking into the

e France set-up.

In other Everton news, the door is wide open for the club to move for a Chelsea attacker.

Everton open talks over £30m loan-to-buy deal for Paris Saint-Germain striker Hugo Ekitike

Everton have opened talks with Paris Saint-Germain over a loan deal with Hugo Ekitike with an option to buy for £30m, says Ignazio Genuardi.

Writing on his personal Twitter account (9 August), the former editor of F365 France wrote that talks are ongoing between the two clubs as the Toffees look to bolster their forward line.

Reports of a bid worth £34.6m emerged on Wednesday, however Genuardi reports that Everton want a loan deal with an option to buy while PSG want it to be an obligation and talks are continuing over that aspect of the transfer.

“Yes, Everton is interested in the Parisian Ekitike, but the talks are about a loan and not a transfer,” he wrote.

“After having seriously thought about M. Dembélé, Iheanacho or even Gyökeres, the Toffees are working in particular on the former Rémois.

“Two other targets are on the Championship side with Daka from Leicester and Adams from Southampton.

The negotiations start on the basis of a loan with OA [option to buy] of 35M€ (£30m). To see if the operation is accompanied by a mandatory option and under what conditions in this specific case.”

Makes sense

Everton need to strengthen but spending such big money on a striker who hasn’t exactly set the world alight so far in his young career looked like a big gamble.

The club have already sorted a deal for Youssef Chermiti who falls into the same category, so doing it again for Ekitike would have been odd when we need goals now.

A loan deal with an option to buy makes much more sense as it gives us the chance to bring him in and see how he adapts to Sean Dyche’s system and the Premier League before being forced to splash a big sum of money on him.

Our financial situation is not the best and we can’t afford to get big deals wrong, so a loan makes far more sense for us although it’s understandable why PSG would rather get the money signed off now.

There are a few weeks to go in the window so there is plenty of time to negotiate and find a deal that suits everyone, so this is certainly one to keep an eye on.

In other Everton news, blockbuster offer tabled as Dyche looks for another striker.