Everton’s Premier League benchwarmer Oumar Niasse reportedly fancied a move to Turkey via Super Lig champions Galatasaray in the summer.
If Marco Silva is keen to turn Richarlison into a centre-forward, a position from which he scored twice on his Brazil debut this month, that could be bad news for Oumar Niasse.
The Senegal striker has struggled for game time in the early weeks of the season, despite knowing Silva well from his impressive loan spell at Hull City in the second half of the 2016/17 campaign.
Niasse has played just 48 minutes of football across six Premier League games under the Portuguese tactician, with Cenk Tosun also ahead of him in the pecking order as it stands.
As a result, it would be little surprise if he bid farewell in January, three years after his eye-catching £13 million arrival from Lokomotiv Moscow.
Skor claimed in August that Galatasaray wanted to sign Niasse, weeks after Gunes claimed that Silva had given him the green light to go.
Considering that Gala failed to adequately replace their influential centre-forward Bafetimbi Gomis, who moved to Al-Hilal after firing his team to the Super Lig title with 29 goals in 34 games last season, there is still room for a player like Niasse in Istanbul.
And he could be in need of a new start.
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