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New 8/11 favourites: Odds slashed on Everton outcast moving to Hull City

Everton's new signing Oumar Niasse is presented to the fans before the game (Reuters)
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Everton flop looks likely to leave Goodison Park in January.

Popular bookmakers BETVICTOR have slashed the odds on Everton flop Oumar Niasse moving to Hull City in January, making them new 8/11 favourites in the race to sign the striker.

The 26-year-old moved to Goodison Park form Lokomotiv Moscow in February 2016, for a fee believed to be £13.5 million, but has struggled to establish himself in the Toffees side, having played just seven times, and still awaiting his first goal.

Everton's new signing Oumar Niasse is presented to the fans before the gameEverton’s Oumar Niasse

And BETVICTOR believe that the Tigers lead the race to sign the Senegalese, ahead of Galatasaray at 6/1 and West Bromwich Albion at 8/1.

The Humberside outfit are in desperate need of more firepower in forward areas, and signing a striker will be a necessity in January, if they are to have any hopes of avoiding relegation from the Premier League.

Everton's Oumar Niasse in action with Bournemouth's Simon FrancisEverton’s Oumar Niasse in action

Whether Niasse is the man to help steer them clear of trouble is very much questionable, however, after his appallingly bad spell on Merseyside.

Much will depend on whether new manager Marco Silva views him as a player who can make a considerable improvement on what he already has at the KCOM Stadium.