Serie A outfit Roma could cash in on Patrick Schick with Premier League Everton reportedly fighting Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig for his signature.
Everton are interested in signing Roma’s record signing Patrick Schick in the summer, according to Tuttomercatoweb.
A new centre-forward is likely to be at the top of the Toffees’ transfer wish list, with Cenk Tosun facing an uncertain future at Goodison Park and Dominic Calvert-Lewin yet to prove he can be a reliable source of goals in the Premier League.
TMW believes that Schick is one possible option. Roma looked to have pulled of a real coup when they signed the Sampdoria forward in 2017 after his move to Juventus fell through on medical grounds, but the Czech Republic international has failed to live up to expectations at the Stadio Olimpico.
Schick has scored just five goals in the 2018/19 season. Nonetheless, TMW believes that Roma will still demand around £20.5 million, although they would also be willing to let Schick leave on loan while giving any interested club the option to make the deal permanent.
Everton will face competition from RB Leipzig for a striker who was compared to a certain Swedish superstar by Juventus director Pavel Nedved in 2017, as reported by Goal.
“He reminds me of Zlatan Ibrahimovic,” Nedved said. “Schick is also this type of striker – great feet, tall and fast.
“If Patrik keeps improving himself he can turn into a world-class striker.”
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