Newcastle United and Everton are interested in an £18 million summer deal for Stuttgart record-breaker Sasa Kalajdzic, as reported by TuttoJuve.
If Toffees supporters are unconvinced by reports linking them with a 23-year-old Austrian who was a relative unknown just a few months ago, consider this. Kalajdzic has scored more goals in his past seven games than Dominic Calvert-Lewin has in his last 21.
In fact, after finding the net in Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Hoffenheim, the 6ft 7in targetman has broken a Bundesliga record, becoming the first Stuttgart player since the legendary Fredi Bobic to score in seven successive matches.
Suddenly, Kalajdzic has come from nowhere to become one of Europe’s most talked-about forwards.
West Ham, Roma and RB Leipzig have already been linked, via the Daily Mail.
And, according to TuttoJuve, the £18 million-rated giant also has admirers at Everton, Newcastle and Serie A giants Juventus.
However, Kalajdzic would be in for an awkward introduction if he swapped the Mercedes Benz Arena for Goodison Park.
Just last week, the Vienna-born goal machine admitted his admiration for the club from the red half of Merseyside.
“I like Liverpool very much. This club are just something special for me,” he said.
Everton fans would forget all about that, however, if Kalajdzic could replicate his wonderous partnership with Stuttgart left-back Borna Sosa at Everton.
Like Sosa, Lucas Digne is proficient when it comes to supplying a steady stream of crosses for a big number nine…
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