Crystal Palace and Cardiff City are reportedly interested in signing Everton’s seldom-seen Premier League striker Oumar Niasse.
Oumar Niasse’s days at Everton are surely numbered.
It is clear that the striker is not in Marco Silva’s plans, having played just 58 minutes of Premier League football all season.
The Sun reported on Thursday that Crystal Palace want Niasse to solve their goal-scoring woes, having made a £6.5 million bid for the Senegal international.
And Wales Online claim that Cardiff City are interested too with Neil Warnock a fan of the hard-working centre-forward.
But how much will Everton demand for a striker who has failed to live up to the eyebrow-raising £13 million they paid for his signature three years ago?
Well, according to Wales Online, it will take £8 million to land Niasse in the January transfer window.
So Crystal Palace might have to raise their initial bid if they are to get their man while Cardiff would have to make him the second most expensive signing in their history.
The Bluebirds have shown a willingness to spend big, however, as they aim to avoid an immediate return to the Championship with L’Equipe claiming in December that they would pay £18 million for Nantes striker Emiliano Sala.
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